There is still a difference between something and nothing, but it is purely geometrical and there is nothing behind the geometry.
Cheerfulness, it would appear, is a matter which depends fully as much on the state of things within, as on the state of things without and around us.
I believe that every now and then it is important to laugh at ourselves and take a lighter approach to our life conditions.
A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
In America, through pressure of conformity, there is freedom of choice, but nothing to choose from.
Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger experiences of life.
There is a tragic flaw in our precious Constitution, and I don't know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president.