Union is only possible to those who are units. To be fit for relations in time, souls, whether of man or woman, must be able to do without them in the spirit.

The civilized man is a larger mind but a more imperfect nature than the savage.

This is the method of genius, to ripen fruit for the crowd by those rays of whose heat they complain.

A man who means to think and write a great deal must, after six and twenty, learn to read with his fingers.

How anyone can remain a Catholic - I mean who has ever been aroused to think, and is not biased by the partialities of childish years - after seeing Catholicism here in Italy I cannot conceive.

The man of science dissects the statement, verifies the facts, and demonstrates connection even where he cannot its purpose.

We need to hear the excuses men make to themselves for their worthlessness.