We can believe what we choose. We are answerable for what we choose to believe.

Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather that it shall never have a beginning.

The love of our private friends is the only preparatory exercise for the love of all men.

Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish.

A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise.

It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing.

To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.

Growth is the only evidence of life.