Reading well is one of the great pleasures that solitude can afford you.
Censorship, like charity, should begin at home; but, unlike charity, it should end there.
Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die.
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
By learning to discover and value our ordinariness, we nurture a friendliness toward ourselves and the world that is the essence of a healthy soul.
Facts are the enemy of truth.
Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger experiences of life.