What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?
There is surely a piece of divinity in us, something that was before the elements, and owes no homage unto the sun.
The best of us must sometimes eat our words.
After all it is those who have a deep and real inner life who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life.
I've gone into hundreds of fortune-teller's parlors, and have been told thousands of things, but nobody ever told me I was a policewoman getting ready to arrest her.
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.
I mean, I knew that in the abstract there were terrorists somewhere in the world, but they didn't really represent any risk to me.
Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.
Even the best of friends need time apart.