Philosophy is at once the most sublime and the most trivial of human pursuits.

Truth, as any dictionary will tell you, is a property of certain of our ideas. It means their agreement, as falsity means their disagreement, with reality.

[T]here is very little difference between one person and another, but what little difference ther eis, is very important.

There is an organic affinity between joyousness and tenderness.

Hardly ever can a youth transferred to the society of his betters unlearn the nasality and other vices of speech bred in him by the associations of his growing years. Hardly ever, indeed, no matter how much money there be in his pocket, can he ever learn to dress like a gentleman-born. The merchants offer their wares as eagerly to him as to the veriest swell, but he simply cannot buy the right things.

Deepest principle of human nature is to be appreciated.

What holds attention determines action.