Energy wasted on negative ends.

And if a man goes through fire for his doctrine - what does that prove? Verily, it is more if your own doctrine comes out of your own fire.

If we train our conscience, it kisses us while it hurts

The one conclusive argument that has at all times discouraged people from drinking a poison is not that it kills but rather that it tastes bad.

Morality is the best of all devices for leading mankind by the nose.

I should not believe in a God who does not dance.

That for which we find words is something already dead in our hearts.