Nonsense is so good only because common sense is so limited.

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

A conception not reducible to the small change of daily experience is like a currency not exchangeable for articles of consumption; it is not a symbol, but a fraud.

To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is a deep delight of the blood.

To reform means to shatter one form and to create another; but the two sides of this act are not always equally intended nor equally successful.

It is a new road to happiness, if you have strength enough to castigate a little the various impulses that sway you in turn.

Those who speak most of progress measure it by quantity and not by quality.