Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due.

The wise man is he who knows the relative value of things.

The great discovery of the nineteenth century, that we are of one blood with the lower animals, has created new ethical obligations which have not yet penetrated the public conscience. The clerical profession has been lamentably remiss in preaching this obvious duty.

Many people believe that they are attracted by God, or by Nature, when they are only repelled by man.

Our test is infallible. Whatever view of reality deepens our sense of the tremendous issues of life in the world wherein we move, is for us nearer the truth than any view which diminishes that sense.

Let none of us delude himself by supposing that honesty is always the best policy. It is not.

"This is old, therefore it is good"; the other says, "This is new, therefore it is better."