The most dangerous criminal now is the entirely lawless modern philosopher. Compared to him, burglars and bigamists are essentially moral men.

Art is the signature of man.

The great majority of people will go on observing forms that cannot be explained; they will keep Christmas Day with Christmas gifts and Christmas benedictions; they will continue to do it; and some day suddenly wake up and discover why.

A dead thing goes with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.

A sober man may become a drunkard through being a coward. A brave man may become a coward through being a drunkard.

And it did for one wild moment cross my mind that, perhaps, those might not be the very best judges of the relation of religion to happiness who, by their own account, had neither one nor the other.

The academic mind reflects infinity, and is full of light by the simple process of being shallow and standing still.