To the irreligious person heaven would be hell.

To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.

A science is not mere knowledge, it is knowledge which has undergone a process of intellectual digestion. It is the grasp of many things brought together in one, and hence is its power; for, properly speaking, it is Science that is power, not Knowledge.

Thought and speech are inseparable from each other. Matter and expression are parts of one; style is a thinking out into language.

The ears of the common people are holier than the hearts of the priests.

We should ever conduct ourselves towards our enemy as if he were one day to be our friend.

We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe.