There's no greater sign of being a poor philosopher and wise man than wanting all of life to be wise and philosophical.

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.

Nature, with her customary beneficence, has ordained that man shall not learn how to live until the reasons for living are stolen from him, that he shall find no enjoyment until he has become incapable of vivid pleasure.

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.

There's no greater sign of being a poor philosopher and wise man than wanting all of life to be wise and philosophical.

A dictionary can embrace only a small part of the vast tapestry of a language.