First there is a time when we believe everything, then for a little while we believe with discrimination, then we believe nothing whatever, and then we believe everything again - and, moreover, give reasons why we believe.

Man is to be found in reason, God in the passions.

What most clearly characterizes true freedom and its true employment is its misemployment.

Man is a masterpiece of creation . . .

Food probably has a very great influence on the condition of men. Wine exercises a more visible influence, food does it more slowly but perhaps just as surely. Who knows if a well-prepared soup was not responsible for the pneumatic pump or a poor one for a war?

The thoughts written on the walls of madhouses by their inmates might be worth publicizing.

Some people read only because they are too lazy to think.