Man is certainly stark mad; he cannot make a worm, and yet he will be making gods by dozens.
I find I am much prouder of the victory I obtain over myself, when, in the very ardor of dispute, I make myself submit to my adversary’s force of reason, than I am pleased with the victory I obtain over him through his weakness.
Let us give Nature a chance; she knows her business better than we do.
If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
Every man has within himself the entire human condition.