I'll give you my opinion of the human race in a nutshell... their heart's in the right place, but their head is a thoroughly inefficient organ.

From old habit, unconsciously he thanked God that he no longer believed in Him.

Men have an extraordinarily erroneous opinion of their position in nature; and the error is ineradicable.

Unfortunately sometimes one can't do what one thinks is right without making someone else unhappy.

Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.

There are times when I look over the various parts of my character with perplexity. I recognize that I am made up of several persons and that the person that at the moment has the upper hand will inevitably give place to another. But which is the real one? All of them or none?

The subjunctive mood is in its death throes, and the best thing to do is to put it out of its misery as soon as possible.