The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.

To know is not less than to feel.

History has to be rewritten because history is the selection of those threads of causes or antecedents that we are interested in.

Life is an end in itself, and the only question as to whether it is worth living is whether you have had enough of it.

Our test of truth is a reference to either a present or imagined future majority in favour of our view.

Liberty is often a heavy burden on a man. It involves the necessity for perpetual choice which is the kind of labor men have always dreaded.

Life, not the parson, teaches conduct.