The person of analytic or critical intellect finds something ridiculous in everything. The person of synthetic or constructive intellect, in almost nothing.

A great scholar is seldom a great philosopher.

If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.

The Christian religion, though scattered and abroad will in the end gather itself together at the foot of the cross.

There is no outward sign of true courtesy that does not rest on a deep moral foundation.

For I have been a man, and that means to have been a fighter.

Only learn to seize good fortune, for good fortune's always here.