Whether in conversation we generally agree or disagree with others is largely a matter of habit: the one tendency makes as much sense as the other.

There will be but few people who, when at a loss for topics of conversation, will not reveal the more secret affairs of their friends.

It is nothing but fanaticism and beautiful soulism to expect very much (or even, much only) from humanity when it has forgotten how to wage war.

Men after death ... are understood worse than men of the moment, but heard better.

Which is it? Is man only a blunder of God? Or is God only a blunder of man?

Without forgetting it is quite impossible to live at all.

People who comprehend a thing to its very depths rarely stay faithful to it forever. For they have brought its depths into the light of day: and in the depths there is always much that is unpleasant to see.