Training- training is everything; training is all there is to a person. We speak of nature; it is folly; there is no such thing as nature; what we call by that misleading name is merely heredity and training. We have no thoughts of our own, no opinions of our own; they are transmitted to us, trained into us.

The art of prophecy is very difficult, especially with respect to the future.

It is not a new thing for a thoroughly good and well-meaning preacher´s soft heart to run away with his soft head.

I am a great and sublime fool. But then I am God's fool, and all His works must be contemplated with respect.

Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.

All generalizations are false, including this one.

What are the proper proportions of a maxim? A minimum of sound to a maximum of sense.