Nothing reveals a man's character better than the kind of joke at which he takes offense.

The most entertaining surface on earth is the human face.

Probably no invention came more easily to man than heaven.

After all, is our idea of God anything more than personified incomprehensibility?

The natural scientists of the previous age knew less than we do and believed they were very close to the goal: we have taken very great steps in its direction and now discover we are still very far away from it. With the most rational philosophers an increase in their knowledge is always attended by an increased conviction of their ignorance.

A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.

It is a sure evidence of a good book if it pleases us more and more as we grow older.