Before using a fine word, make a place for it.

We always believe God is like ourselves, the indulgent think him indulgent and the stern, terrible.

There are some men who are witty when they are in a bad humor, and others only when they are sad.

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

Attention is like a narrow mouthed vessel; pour into it what you have to say cautiously, and, as it were, drop by drop.

It is easier to be mistaken about the true than the beautiful.

What can you possibly add to a mind that's full, especially one that's full of itself.