It is fair to judge peoples by the rights they will sacrifice most for.

There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an art of writing.

A universe capable of giving birth to many such accidents is-- blind or not-- a good world to live in, a promising universe.

Reason is the servant of instinct.

Babies are unreasonable; they expect far too much of existence. Each new generation that comes takes one look at the world, thinks wildly, "Is this all they've done to it?" and bursts into tears.

The real world is not easy to live in. It is rough; it is slippery. Without the most clear-eyed adjustments we fall and get crushed. A man must stay sober; not always, but most of the time.

The first thing the world does to a genius is to make him lose all his youth.