Nothing can be so perfect while we possess it as it will seem when remembered.

Any new formula which suddenly emerges in our consciousness has its roots in long trains of thought; it is virtually old when it first makes its appearance among the recognized growths of our intellect.

The greatest act of faith is when a man understands he is not God.

The foliage has been losing its freshness through the month of August, and here and there a yellow leaf shows itself like the first gray hair amidst the locks of a beauty who has seen one season too many.

Every real thought on every real subject knocks the wind out of somebody or other.

The mark of a civilized man is his willingness to re-examine his most cherished beliefs.

Any tax is a discouragement and therefore a regulation so far as it goes.