There is assuredly no more effectual method of clearing up one's own mind on any subject than by talking it over, so to speak, with men of real power and grasp, who have considered it from a totally different point of view.

The best men of the best epochs are simply those who make the fewest blunders and commit the fewest sins.

I am too much of a sceptic to deny the possibility of anything...

Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by hesitation.

Genius, as an explosive power, beats gunpowder hollow.

Teach a child what is wise, that is morality. Teach him what is wise and beautiful, that is religion!

To persons uninstructed in natural history, their country or seaside stroll is a walk through a gallery filled with wonderful works of art, nine-tenths of which have their faces turned to the wall.