The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.
TIME and truth are friends, though there are many moments hostile to truth.
The simple-hearted and sincere never do more than half deceive themselves.
We should always keep a corner of our heads open and free, that we may make room for the opinions of our friends. Let us have heart and head hospitality.
The Bible is to religion what the Iliad is to poetry
What can one possibly introduce into a mind that is already full, and full of itself?