Of all the evil spirits abroad at this hour in the world, insincerity is the most dangerous.

The best that we can do for one another is to exchange our thoughts freely; and that, after all, is about all.

In everyday things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive duty.

A single seed of fact will produce in a season or two a harvest of calumnies; but sensible men will pay no attention to them.

Philosophy goes no further than probabilities, and in every assertion keeps a doubt in reserve.

There are epidemics of nobleness as well as epidemics of disease.

The essence of greatness is neglect of the self.