You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.- James Anthony Froude
Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.
We enter the world alone, we leave the world alone.
To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible.
The secret of a person's nature lies in their religion and what they really believes about the world and their place in it.
The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.
The first duty of an historian is to be on guard against his own sympathies.
The essence of greatness is neglect of the self.
The endurance of the inequalities of life by the poor is the marvel of human society.
The better one is morally the less aware they are of their virtue.
Superior strength is found in the long run to lie with those who had right on their side.
Science rests on reason and experiment, and can meet an opponent with calmness; but a belief is always sensitive.
Philosophy goes no further than probabilities, and in every assertion keeps a doubt in reserve.
No person is ever good for much, that hasn't been swept off their feet by enthusiasm between ages twenty and thirty.
Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.
