The one who does not remember history is bound to live through it again

The tide of evolution carries everything before it, thoughts no less than bodies, and persons no less than nations.

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

The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a little longer.

The philosophy of the common man is an old wife that gives him no pleasure, yet he cannot live without her, and resents any aspersions that strangers may cast on her character.

Existence is a miracle, and, morally considered, a free gift from moment to moment.

We should have to abandon our vested illusions, our irrational religions and patriotisms.