The artist's conception of his art or the scientist's of his science is usually as great as his conception of his own worth is small.

Men do not so much hate an evil-doer, or evil itself, as they hate the man who calls evil by its real name.

Death is not evil, for it frees man from all ills and takes away his desires along with desire's rewards.

If the best company is that which we leave feeling most satisfied with ourselves, it follows that it is the company we leave most bored.

We remember childhood as the fabulous years of our lives, and nations remember their childhood as fabulous years.

Ignorance is the greatest source of happiness.

I find it awfully difficult to determine if the habit of talking about oneself at length runs contrary to the basic rules of propriety, or if instead the man exempt from this vice is rare.