And since we cannot deceive the whole human race all the time, it is most important thus to cut every generation off from all others; for where learning makes a free commerce between the ages there is always the danger that the characteristic errors of one may be corrected by the characteristic truths of another.

Good philosophy must exist, if for no other reason, because bad philosophy needs to be answered.

Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.

The proper motto is not Be good, sweet maid, and let who can be clever, but Be good sweet maid, and don't forget that this involves being as clever as you can. God is no fonder of intellectual slackers than any other slackers.

A clever arrangement of bad eggs will never make a good omelet.

The great thing to remember is that though our feelings come and go God's love for us does not.

Excess of love, did ye say? There was no excess, there was defect. She loved her son too little, not too much. If she had loved him more there'd be no difficulty.