To substitute judgments of fact for judgments of value is a sign of pedantic and borrowed criticism.

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 theater, for all its artifices, depicts life in a sense more truly than history.

Nietzsche said that the earth has been a madhouse long enough. Without contradicting him we might perhaps soften the expression, and say that philosophy has been long enough an asylum for enthusiasts.

If a man really knew himself he would utterly despise the ignorant notions others might form on a subject in which he had such matchless opportunities for observation.

The Fates, like an absent-minded printer, seldom allow a single line to stand perfect and unmarred.

Religion is the love of life in the consciousness of impotence.