A definition is the enclosing a wilderness of idea within a wall of words.

He is greatest who is most often in men's good thoughts.

Our own death is a premium which we must pay for the far greater benefit we have derived from the fact that so many people have not only lived but also died before us.

Prayers are to men as dolls are to children. They are not without use and comfort, but it is not easy to take them very seriously.

They say the test of [literary power] is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, "Can he name a kitten?" And by this test I am condemned, for I cannot.

He dons are too busy educating the young men to be able to teach them anything.

How often do we not see children ruined through the virtues, real or supposed, of their parents?