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

Religious doctrines would do well to withdraw their pretension to be dealing with matters of fact. That pretension is not only the source of the conflicts of religion with science and the vain and bitter controversies of sects; it is also the cause of the impurity and incoherence of religion in the soul.

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

Chaos is perhaps at the bottom of everything.

Before you contradict an old man, my fair friend, you should endeavour to understand him.

Men almost universally have acknowledged providence, but that fact has had no force to destroy natural aversions and fears in the presence of events.

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.