All philosophies, if you ride them home, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than others.

A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each tried to recover it from all his forefathers.

To know God better is only to realize how impossible it is that we should ever know him at all. I know not which is more childish to deny him, or define him.

It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music to be the legitimate offspring of respectable parents.

An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.

If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason.

The only living works are those which have drained much of the author's own life into them.