A man was meant to be doubtful about himself, but undoubting about the truth; this has been exactly reversed.

When men have come to the edge of a precipice, it is the lover of life who has the spirit to leap backwards, and only the pessimist who continues to believe in progress.

These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.

An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

Every remedy is a desperate remedy. Every cure is a miraculous cure. Curing a madman is not arguing with a philosopher; it is casting out a devil.

Romance is the combination of something that is strange with something that is secure.

Life exists for the love of music or beautiful things.