Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it.

The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it.

A woman might as well propose: her husband will claim she did.

I try to have no plans the failure of which would greatly annoy me. Half the unhappiness in the world is due to the failure of plans which were never reasonable, and often impossible.

A religion that never suffices to govern a man will never suffice to save him; that which does not sufficiently distinguish one from a wicked world will never distinguish him from a perishing world.

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

When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.