Reason argues the case, but fact may determine the judgment.

No need to be sentimental to mourn the loss of Paradise.

The beginning sets the rules.

Placing the extraordinary at the center of the ordinary, as realism does, is a great comfort to us stay-at-homes.

The beginning of self-knowledge: recognizing that your motives are the same as other people's.

Self-criticism expands the opportunities for discourse and eliminates the need for an adversary.

Wisdom is founded on memory; happiness on forgetfulness.