The wisdom of providence is as much revealed in the rarity of genius, as in the circumstance that not everyone is deaf or blind.

If an angel were to tell us about his philosophy, I believe many of his statements might well sound like '2 x 2= 13'.

One must judge men not by their opinions, but by what their opinions have made of them.

When an acquaintance goes by I often step back from my window, not so much to spare him the effort of acknowledging me as to spare myself the embarrassment of seeing that he has not done so.

If there were only turnips and potatoes in the world, someone would complain that plants grow the wrong way.

Every man has his moral backside which he refrains from showing unless he has to and keeps covered as long as possible with the trousers of decorum.

Do not judge God's world from your own. Trim your own hedge as you wish and plant your flowers in the patterns you can understand, but do not judge the garden of nature from your little window box.