I sing, not arms and the hero, but the philosophic man: he who seeks in contemplation to discover the inner will of the world, ininvention to discover the means of fulfilling that will, and in action to do that will by the so-discovered means.

Self-denial is not a virtue; it is only the effect of prudence on rascality.

What a man is depends on his character; but what he does, and what we think of what he does, depends on his circumstances.

All sorts of bodily diseases are produced by half-used minds.

War does not decide who is right but who is left.

It's usually pointed out that women are not fit for political power, and ought not to be trusted with a vote because they are politically ignorant, socially prejudiced, narrow-minded, and selfish. True enough, but precisely the same is true of men!

A married man is a man with a past, while a bachelor is a man with a future.