For jokes as well as justice come in with speech.

Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man.

Always prefer the plain direct word to the long, vague one.

God gives His gifts where He finds the vessel empty enough to receive them.

In justifying cruelty to animals we put ourselves also on the animal level. We choose the jungle and must abide by our choice.

Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.

The student is half afraid to meet one of the great philosophers face to face. He feels himself inadequate and thinks he will not understand him. But if he only knew, the great man, just because of his greatness, is much more intelligible than his modern commentator. The simplest student will be able to understand, if not all, yet a very great deal of what Plato said; but hardly anyone can understand some modern books on Platonism.