philosophy Quotes

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

I say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes.

Every man casts a shadow; not his body only, but his imperfectly mingled spirit. This is his grief. Let him turn which way he will, it falls opposite to the sun; short at noon, long at eve. Did you never see it?

Books are to be distinguished by the grandeur of their topics even more than by the manner in which they are treated.

There is more of good nature than of good sense at the bottom of most marriages.

Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one melts, the other breaks into pieces.

There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor am I certain it is desirable that there should be.

While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who are to inhabit them. It has created palaces, but it was not so easy to create noblemen and kings.

It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes.

We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.