That which shows God in me, fortifies me. That which shows God out of me, makes me a wart and a wen.

The machine unmakes the man. Now that the machine is so perfect, the engineer is nobody.

Men do not believe in the power of education. We do not think we can speak to divine sentiments in man, and we do not try. We renounce all high aims.

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

I should as soon think of swimming across Charles River, when I wish to go to Boston, as of reading all my books in originals, when I have them rendered for me in my mother tongue.

The secret of drunkenness is, that it insulates us in thought, whilst it unites us in feeling.

Foolish consistencies are the hobgoblins of small minds!