When married one has to get into an argument once in a while since in this way one learns about the other.

Hypotheses are the scaffolds which are erected in front of a building and removedd when the building is completed. They are indispensable to the worker; but the worker must not mistake the scaffolding for the building.

It is belief in the Bible, the fruits of deep meditation, which has served me as the guide of my moral and literary life. I have found capital safely invested and richly productive of interest, although I have sometimes made but a bad use of it.

Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever.

You accuse a woman of wavering affections, but don't blame her; she is just looking for a consistent man.

He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy.

To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform.