If a man will kick a fact out of the window, when he comes back he finds it again in the chimney corner.

Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.

If you would lift me up, you've got to be on higher ground.

Every man beholds his human condition with a degree of melancholy. As a ship aground is battered by the waves, so man, imprisonedin mortal life, lies open to the mercy of coming events.

Whenever a true theory appears, it will be its own evidence. Its test is, that it will explain all phenomena.

If a man carefully examine his thoughts he will be surprised to find how much he lives in the future. His well-being is always ahead. Such a creature is probably immortal.

The secret of success in society is a certain heartiness and sympathy.