The present condition of fame is merely fashion.

I am not absentminded. It is the presence of mind that makes me unaware of everything else.

A change of opinions is almost unknown in an elderly military man.

Suppose, my dear Chadd, suppose it is we who are the idiots because we are not afraid of devils in the dark?

It is often a mistake to combine two pleasures, because pleasures, like pains, can act as counter-irri-tants to each other.

We all know that the 'divine glory of the ego' is socially a great nuisance; we all do actually value our friends for modesty, freshness, and simplicity of heart. Whatever may be the reason, we all do warmly respect humility - in other people.

Agnostic is the Greek word, for the Latin word, for ignorant