To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism.

When we interpret nature, we refer phenomena that are rarely entirely unintelligible back to something that actually exists, but is equally unintelligible.

History is the zoology of the human race.

Perhaps the most embarrassing experience is being caught at a lie by a simpleton who sneers at our asinine cleverness.

Trying to conceal a crime is like burying a seed in the ground.

It is fair to despise a cowardly man, but the female sex is strongest when it's weak.

Isn't it awful that cold feet make for a cold imagination and that a pair of woollen socks induce good thoughts!