When I was young I pitied the old. Now old, it is the young I pity.
To say of men that they are bad is to say they are worse than we think we are, or worse than the ideal man whose image we have built up on the basis of a certain few.
I prefer the honest jargon of reality to the outright lies of books.
It is sometimes important for science to know how to forget the things she is surest of.
Marriage simplifies life and complicates the day.
There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past.