When we would show any one that he is mistaken, our best course is to observe on what side he considers the subject,--for his view of if is generally right on this side,--and admit to him that he is right so far. He will be satisfied with this acknowledgment, that he was not wrong in his judgment, but only inadvertent in not looking at the whole case.

All our life passes in this way: we seek rest by struggling against certain obstacles, and once they are overcome, rest proves intolerable because of the boredom it produces.

Any unity which doesn't have its origin in the multitudes is tyranny.

All our reasoning boils down to yielding to sentiment.

It is not permitted to the most equitable of men to be a judge in his own cause.

Each one is all in all to himself; for being dead, all is dead to him.

Atheism shows strength of mind, but only to a certain degree.