When the journey from means to end is not too long, the means themselves are enjoyed if the end is ardently desired.

Those who advocate common usage in philosophy sometimes speak in a manner that suggests the mystique of the 'common man.'

Law in origin was merely a codification of the power of dominant groups, and did not aim at anything that to a modern man would appear to be justice

Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men, by the simple device of asking Mrs. Aristotle to keep her mouth open while he counted.

A man's acts are partly determined by spontaneous impulse, partly by the conscious and unconscious effects of the various groups to which he belongs.

Always remember that true happiness is not in getting what you want, but wanting what you already have. He who dies with the most toys is still dead. What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite.

It is a natural propensity to attribute misfortune to someone's malignity.