Real philosophy seeks rather to solve than to deny.

Master books, but do not let them master you.

There are times when the mirth of others only saddens us, especially the mirth of children with high spirits, that jar on our own quiet mood.

Philosophy, while it soothes the reason, damps the ambition.

It is the glorious doom of literature that the evil perishes and the good remains.

The man who smokes, thinks like a sage and acts like a Samaritan.

In science, address the few, in literature the many. In science, the few must dictate opinion to the many; in literature, the many, sooner or later, force their judgement on the few.