If Thought is capable of being classed with Electricity, or Will with chemical affinity, as a mode of motion, it seems necessary to fall at once under the second law of thermodynamics as one of the energies which most easily degrades itself, and, if not carefully guarded, returns bodily to the cheaper form called Heat. Of all possible theories, this is likely to prove the most fatal to Professors of History.

What a vast fraternity it is,--that of 'Hearts that Ache.' For the last three months it has seemed to me as though all society were coming to me, to drop its mask for a moment and initiate me into the mystery. How we do suffer! And we go on laughing; for, as a practical joke at our expense, life is a success.

Intimates are predestined.

Henry James chews more than he bites off.

Some day science may have the existence of mankind in its power, and the human race commit suicide, by blowing up the world.

The proof that a philosopher does not know what he is talking about is apt to sadden his followers before it reacts on himself.

Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius.