Kindness is a language herd by deaf men and felt by blind men.

Man can seldom - very, very, seldom - fight a winning fight against his training; the odds are too heavy.

In German, a young lady has no sex, but a turnip has

Creed and opinion change with time, and their symbols perish; but Literature and its temples are sacred to all creeds and inviolate.

If God is what people say there can be no one in the universe so unhappy as He; for He sees unceasingly myriads of His creatures suffering unspeakable miseries--and besides this foresees how they are going to suffer during the remainder of their lives. One might as well say, "As unhappy as God."

There have been innumerable Temporary Seekers after the Truth-have you ever heard of a permanent one?

Morals are not the important thing-nor enlightenment-nor civilization. A man can do absolutely well without them, but he can't do without something to eat. The supremest thing is the need of the body, not of the mind and spirit.