A desire that has never been fulfilled is considerably less acute than one that has been fulfilled and then checked at the source.

Truth is its own defense.

... one pets what one degrades; and one has to support what one has enfeebled

There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them.

This is the real tragedy of mankind, that until now the spirit of man has not been able to free itself, even along the path of its own development, from the tentacles of self-deception.

I am never at picnics. The ground was not meant to be sat upon in its raw state, I feel sure, and I prefer my food without either caterpillars or drafts!

Knowledge cannot be changed, but the use to which it may be put can very easily be changed.