It is said of a lonely man that he does not appreciate the life of society. This is like saying he hates hiking because he dislikes walking in thick forest on a dark night.

Obscurity and Innocence, twin sisters, escape temptations which would pierce their gossamer armor, in contact with the world.

Almost the whole of history is but a sequence of horrors.

If you must love your neighbor as yourself, it is at least as fair to love yourself as your neighbor.

Women see faults much more readily in each other than they can discover perfections.

False modesty is the most decent of all lies.

Philosophy, like medicine, has plenty of drugs, few good remedies, and hardly any specific cures.