A really busy person never knows how much he weighs.

If your faith is opposed to experience, to human learning and investigation, it is not worth the breath used in giving it expression.

A conquered foe should be watched.

Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone.

When a man has no reason to trust himself, he trusts in luck.

We are not free, it was not intended we should be. A book of rules is placed in our cradle, and we never get rid of it until we reach our graves. Then we are free, and only then.

It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.