And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that He would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existence

There are infinite possibilities of error, and more cranks take up fashionable untruths than unfashionable truths.

The man who only loves beautiful things is dreaming, whereas the man who knows absolute beauty is wide awake.

Reason may be a small force, but it is constant, and works always in one direction, while the forces of unreason destroy one another in futile strife.

Extreme hopes are born of extreme misery, and in such a world hopes could only be irrational.

no one ever gossips about the virtues of others

I feel life is so small unless it has windows into other worlds.