Philosophy means thinking things out for oneself. Ultimately, there can be only one true philosophy, since reason is one and we all live in the same world.

Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due.

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.

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

The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so.

The vulgar mind always mistakes the exceptional for the important.

Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art.