There is no greater stupidity or meanness than to take uniformity for an ideal, as if it were not a benefit and a joy to a man, being what he is, to know that many are, have been, and will be better than he.

There is wisdom in turning as often as possible from the familiar to the unfamiliar: it keeps the mind nimble, it kills prejudice, and it fosters humor.

By nature's kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond a man's power to answer do not occur to him at all.

Nothing can so pierce the soul as the uttermost sigh of the body.

The God to whom depth in philosophy bring back men's minds is far from being the same from whom a little philosophy estranges them

Nothing is inherently and invincibly young except spirit. And spirit can enter a human being perhaps better in the quiet of old age and dwell there more undisturbed than in the turmoil of adventure.

Prayer, among sane people, has never superseded practical efforts to secure the desired end.