Old places and old persons in their turn, when spirit dwells in them, have an intrinsic vitality of which youth is incapable, precisely, the balance and wisdom that come from long perspectives and broad foundations

The hunger for facile wisdom is the root of all false philosophy.

Tomes of aesthetic criticism hang on a few moments of real delight and intuition.

There is nothing to which men, while they have food and drink, cannot reconcile themselves.

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.

Religions are the great fairy tales of conscience.

All living souls welcome whatsoever they are ready to cope with; all else they ignore, or pronounce to be monstrous and wrong, or deny to be possible.