Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses

A child's instinct is almost perfect in the matter of fighting. The child's hero is always the man or boy who defends himself suddenly and splendidly against aggression.

The Universe is the most extraordinary masterpiece ever constructed by nobody.

If the devil tells you something is too fearful to look at, look at it. If he says something is too terrible to hear, hear it. If you think some truth unbearable, bear it.

Playing as children means playing is the most serious thing in the world.

Jokes are generally honest. Complete solemnity is always dishonest.

Science is the study of the admitted laws of existence, which cannot prove a universal negative about whether those laws could ever be suspended by something admittedly above them. It is as if we were to say that a lawyer was so deeply learned in the American Constitution that he knew there could never be a revolution in America.