Many a man who is willing to be shot for his belief in a miracle would have doubted, had he been present at the miracle itself.

He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage - he won't encounter many rivals.

The American who first discovered Columbus made a bad discovery.

Man is a masterpiece of creation, if only because no amount of determinism can prevent him from believing that he acts as a free being.

A good part of the fame of most celebrated men is due to the shortsightedness of their admirers

Deliberate virtue is never worth much: The virtue of feeling or habit is the thing.

God created man in His own image, says the Bible; philosophers reverse the process: they create God in theirs.