It takes patience to appreciate domestic bliss; volatile spirits prefer unhappiness.

Experience seems to most of us to lead to conclusions, but empiricism has sworn never to draw them.

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?

The existence of any evil anywhere at any time absolutely ruins a total optimism.

The only kind of reform usually possible is reform from within; a more intimate study and more intelligent use of the traditional forms.

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

Uselessness is a fatal accusation to bring against any act which is done for its presumed utility, but those which are done for their own sake are their own justification.