Some mothers need happy children; others need unhappy ones-otherwise they cannot prove their maternal virtues.

Because men really respect only that which was founded of old and has developed slowly, he who wants to live on after his death must take care not only of his posterity but even more of his past.

In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.

Heroism--that is the disposition of a man who aspires to a goal compared to which he himself is wholly insignificant. Heroism is the good will to self-destruction.

To forget one's purpose is the commonest form of stupidity.

I admire the courage and wisdom of Socrates in everything he did, said--and did not say.

Every week we ought to have one hour for recieving letters, then go take a bath.