Silver is sometimes more valuable than gold, that is, in large quantities.

Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.

The best way that a man could test his readiness to encounter the common variety of mankind would be to climb down a chimney into any house at random, and get on as well as possible with the people inside. And that is essentially what each one of us did on the day that he was born.

A yawn is a silent shout.

Hell is God's great compliment to the reality of human freedom and the dignity of human choice.

Gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.

Any man who preaches real love is bound to beget hate. It is as true of democratic fraternity as a divine love; sham love ends in compromise and common philosophy; but real love has always ended in bloodshed.