Does the thoughtful man suppose that...the present experiment in civilization is the last world we will see?

It is one thing to lack a heart and another to possess eyes and a just imagination.

There are three traps that strangle philosophy: The church, the marriage bed, and the professor's chair.

Gnomic wisdom, however, is notoriously polychrome, and proverbs depend for their truth entirely on the occasion they are applied to. Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.

All spiritual interests are supported by animal life.

Reason and happiness are like other flowers; they wither when plucked.

A grateful environment is a substitute for happiness. It can quicken us from without as a fixed hope and affection, or as the consciousness of a right life, can quicken us from within.