Some men are born posthumously.

Does not the discipline of the scientific spirit just commence when one no longer harbours any conviction?

The quality of a marriage is proven by its ability to tolerate an occasional "exception.

The coward does not know what it means to be alone: an enemy is always standing behind his chair.

Do you suppose that sacrifice is the hallmark of moral action?--Just stop to consider whether sacrifice is not involved in every action that is done with deliberation, the worst as well as the best.

We do not belong to those who only get their thought from books, or at the prompting of books, -- it is our custom to think in the open air, walking, leaping, climbing, or dancing on lonesome mountains by preference, or close to the sea, where even the paths become thoughtful.

All good things were formerly bad things; every original sin has turned into an original virtue.