I do not see why the schoolmaster should be taxed to support the priest, and not the priest the schoolmaster.

It is not every man who can be a Christian, even in a very moderate sense, whatever education you give him. It is a matter of constitution and temperament, after all. He may have to be born again many times. I have known many a man who pretended to be a Christian, in whom it was ridiculous, for he had no genius for it. It is not every man who can be a free man, even.

The really efficient laborer will be found not to crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task surrounded by a wide halo of ease and leisure.

They take great pride in making their dinner cost much; I take my pride in making my dinner cost so little.

What avails it that another loves you, if he does not understand you? Such love is a curse.

To be a philosopher... is to solve some of the problems of life, not only theoretically, but practically.

My spirits infallibly rise in proportion to the outward dreariness. Give me the ocean, the desert, or the wilderness!