Man is a gregarious animal, and much more so in his mind than in his body. He may like to go alone for a walk, but he hates to stand alone in his opinions.

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.

A way foolishness has of revenging itself is to excommunicate the world.

Proofs are the last thing looked for by a truly religious mind which feels the imaginary fitness of its faith.

The true Christian is in all countries a pilgrim and a stranger.

Philosophy may describe unreasoning, as it may describe force; it cannot hope to refute them.

There is nothing to which men, while they have food and drink, cannot reconcile themselves.