Dare to think for yourself.
Nature has always had more force than education.
Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.
Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.
All murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
The ancients recommended us to sacrifice to the Graces, but Milton sacrificed to the Devil.
Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day.
If you want the moon, do not hide from the night. If you want a rose, do not hide from the thorns. If you want love, do not hide from yourself.
The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.
Were it not for imagination a man would be as happy in arms of a chambermaid as of a duchess.
Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.
Certainly, the mistakes that we male and female mortals make when we have our own way might fairly raise some wonder that we’re so fond of it.
As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it may seem, am satisfied that it does not agree with my constitution.
Few sinners are saved after the first twenty minutes of a sermon.
Without a rich heart, wealth is an ugly beggar.
I have a great deal of company in the house, especially in the morning when nobody calls.
An honest man is always a child.
To me the sole hope of human salvation lies in teaching Man to regard himself as an experiment in the realization of God, to regard his hands as God’s hand, his brain as God’s brain, his purpose as God’s purpose. He must regard God as a helpless Longing, which longed him into existence by its desperate need for an executive organ.
Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new projects than for settled business.
How you gonna win if you ain’t right within?
I would rather have my ignorance than another man’s knowledge, because I have so much of it.
