Society itself is an accident to the spirit, and if society in any of its forms is to be justified morally it must be justified at the bar of the individual conscience.

Philosophers are very severe towards other philosophers because they expect too much.

People are usually more firmly convinced that their opinions are precious than that they are true.

The sophisticated concern about art sinks before a spontaneous love of reality, and I thank the photograph for being so transparent a vehicle for things.

All the doctrines that have flourished in the world about immortality have hardly affected man's natural sentiment in the face of death.

Habit is stronger than reason.

Boston was a moral and intellectual nursery, always busy applying first principles to trifles.