Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.

The good writer seems to be writing about himself, but has his eye always on that thread of the Universe which runs through himself and all things.

The virtue of books is to be readable.

We are impressed and even daunted by the immense Universe to be explored. "What we know is a point to what we do not know."

The sciences, even the best,-mathematics and astronomy,-are like sportsmen, who seize whatever prey offers, even without being able to make any use of it.

When I was praised I lost my time, for instantly I turned around to look at the work I had thought slightly of, and that day I made nothing new.

Men grind and grind in the mill of a truism, and nothing comes out but what was put in. But the moment they desert the tradition for a spontaneous thought, then poetry, wit, hope, virtue, learning, anecdote, and all flock to their aid.