Love is a brilliant illustration of a principle everywhere discoverable: namely, that human reason lives by turning the friction of material forces into the light of ideal goods.

The brute necessity of believing something so long as life lasts does not justify any belief in particular.

Sometimes we have to change the truth in order to remember it.

Manhood and sagacity ripen of themselves; it suffices not to repress or distort them.

To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the captain, and a positive crime in the statesman.

Before he sets out, the traveler must possess fixed interests and facilities to be served by travel.

Wisdom lies in taking everything with good humor and a grain of salt.