The more rapidly truth is spread among mankind the better it will be for them. Only let us be sure that it is the truth.

The great thing in the world is not so much to seek happiness as to earn peace and self-respect.

Logical consequences are the scarecrows of fools and the beacons of wise men.

Science is organized common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly fact.

No one can help another very much in these crises of life; but love and sympathy count for something.

A good man: body serves his will and enjoys hard work, clear intellect that understands the truths of nature, full of passion for life but controlled by his will, well-developed conscience, loves beauty in art and nature, despises inferior morality, respects himself and others.

It is better to read a little and thoroughly than cram a crude undigested mass into my head, though it be great in quantity.