Faith is reason denying absurdity in the face of the unknown.

Hide what you have to hide And tell what you have to tell You'll see your problems multiplied If you continually decide To faithfully pursue The policy of truth

Some fearful sights there be that creep By night - I mean that harass sleep; But tenfold more alarming seem these when They brave the day, to breathe the air like men.

Truth was truth, whether I darkened my eyes to it or not.

For man, the death of the body is inevitable, and is determined by time and circumstance; but, with proper precaution, the death of the soul may be totally avoided.

Woman, thou art a river, deep and wide, Of waters soft and sweet: Alas! I've never reached the other side; Though oft I've wet my feet!

How Time doth lash us with sharp pains, Set loose our teeth, snatch wisps of hair, dim eyes -- And finally bend our backs toward earth To find the fittest place for burial.

Life is a waste of woes, And Death a river deep, That ever onward flows, Troubled, yet asleep.

The Ideal is the invisible Sun which is always on the meridian of the soul.

Man's life is entirely in his operations, which may all be classed under three heads: he thinks, he feels, and he acts -- these three modes of activity exhaust his powers.

I'm too old to know everything

I have no doubt that the nation has suffered more from undue secrecy than from undue disclosure. The government takes good care of itself.

Do not, for one second, allow people with closed minds and no ambition to make a difference in this life silence you or stop you from going above and beyond.

If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.

What will be left of the power of example if it is proved that capital punishment has another power, and a very real one, which degrades men to the point of shame, madness, and murder?

Deceit is a kind of garment that conceals the soul. It might even be compared to a whole wardrobe, so many are its guises.

The revolution has overthrown the monarchy, true! But perhaps this means that the revolution simply has driven the skin disease inside the organism.

In all recorded history there has not been one economist who has had to worry about where the next meal would come from.

Death laughs when old women frolic.

I will but confess the sins of my green cloak to my grey friar's frock, and all shall be well again.