People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them |
Religion has done love a great servive by making it a sin. |
Silence is the wit of fools. |
Suffering! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life; we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues. |
That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future. |
The absurdity of a religious practice may be clearly demonstrated without lessening the numbers of people who indulge in it |
The average man does not know what to do with his life, yet wants another one which will last forever |
The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever. |
The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads. |
The faculty of doubting is rare among men. A few choice spirits carry the germs of it in them, but these do not develop without training. |
The finest words in the world are only vain sounds, if you cannot comprehend them |
The first virtue of all really great men is that they are sincere |
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself a fool. |
The future is a convenient place for dreams |
The good critic is he who relates the adventures of his soul among masterpieces |