A religion that comes of thought, and study, and deliberate conviction, sticks best. The revivalized convert who is scared in the direction of heaven because he sees hell yawn suddenly behind him, not only regains confidence when his scare is over, but is ashamed of himself for being scared, and often becomes more hopelessly and malignantly wicked than he was before.

The more you join with people in their joys and their sorrows, the more nearer and dearer they come to be to you.

Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.

The way it is now, the asylums can hold the sane people, but if we tried to shut up the insane we should run out of building materials.

a fully belly is little worth where the mind is starved.

We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop there.

Switzerland would me a mighty big place if it were ironed flat.