As for charity it is a matter in which the immediate effect on the persons directly concerned and the ultimate consequence to the general good are apt to be at complete war with one another.

I am aware that a philosopher's ideas are not subject to the judgment of ordinary persons because it is his endeavour to seek the truth in all things to the extent permitted to human reason by God.

There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.

Do not trust to the cheering for those persons would shout as much if you and I were going to be hanged.

We realized that the only persons we can truly trust in this world is each other and our families.

Do not trust the cheering for those persons would shout as much if you or I were going to be hanged.

We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time.

The plays and sports of children are as salutary to them as labor and work are to grown persons.

It's unfortunate that we live in such a panicked dysmorphic society where women don't even give themselves a chance to see what they'll look like as older persons. I want to have some idea of what I'll look like before I start cleaning the slates.

Solitude is better than the society of evil persons.