It is a great advantage for a system of philosophy to be substantially true.

If clearness about things produces a fundamental despair, a fundamental despair in turn produces a remarkable clearness or even playfulness about ordinary matters.

What better comfort have we, or what other Profit in living Than to feed, sobered by the truth of Nature, Awhile upon her beauty, And hand her torch of gladness to the ages Following after?

Character is the basis of happiness and happiness the sanction of character.

Self-assurance is contemptible and fatal unless it is self-knowledge.

Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated.

It is true that I am carrying out various methods of treatment recommended by doctors and dentists in the hope of dying in the remote future in perfect health.