Music played at weddings always reminds me of the music played for soldiers before they go into battle.

Human misery is too great for men to die without faith.

I care little in the existence of a heaven or hell; self respect does not allow me to guide my acts with an eye toward heavenly salvation or hellish punishment. I pursue the good in life because it is beautiful and attracts me; and shun the bad because it is ugly and repulsive. All our acts should originate from the spring of unselfish love, whether there be a continuation after death or not.

Man,--the aristocrat amongst the animals.

God has given us speech in order that we may say pleasant things to our friends, and tell bitter truths to our enemies.

There is only one writer in whom I find something that reminds me of the directness of style which is found in the Bible. It is Shakespeare.

Thought is invisible nature.