Dogma gives a charter to mistake, but the very breath of science is a contest with mistake, and must keep the conscience alive.

It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.

And certainly, the mistakes that we male and female mortals make when we have our own way might fairly raise some wonder that we are so fond of it.

But that intimacy of mutual embarrassment, in which each feels that the other is feeling something, having once existed, its effect is not to be done away with.

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

A woman dictates before marriage in order that she may have an appetite for submission afterwards.

Blameless people are always the most exasperating.

People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbors.

I don't see how a man is to be good for much unless he has some one woman to love him dearly.

Men outlive their love, but they don’t outlive the consequences of their recklessness.

Upon my word, I think the truth is the hardest missile one can be pelted with.

Let your mind be harmonious with nature

He discards a quilt for fear of bugs.

An accessible introduction to the nature of political thought. Just what I always wanted.

For instance, when people press their lips together in a manner that seems to make them disappear, it is a clear and common sign that they are troubled and something is wrong.

What would Christ do if he were in my situation?

You can't be angsty all day or else it becomes a sort of pale angst.

The problem with growing up is that once you're grown up, the people who aren't grown up aren't fun anymore.

The better I get, the more I realize how much better I can get.

Man's fortune is usually changed at once; life is changeable. [Lat., Actutum fortunae solent mutarier; varia vita est.]

[Hillary Clinton] really wants to be president. She wanted to be president in '08. She's hardly left the spotlight.