Quote #3780
Our American professors like their literature clear, cold, pure and very dead.
Quote #14764
A book may be compared to your neighbor; if it be good, it cannot...
Quote #31470
There are but few saints amongst scientists, as among other men, but truth itself...
Quote #13801
Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
Quote #5745
The will to believe is perhaps the most powerful, but certainly the most dangerous...
Quote #25796
Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made...
Quote #23635
Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune all these are names of the one and selfsame...
Quote #20474
The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when someone asked me what...
Quote #4725
Seize the moment of excited curiosity on any subject to solve your doubts; for...
Quote #30428
Poorly written novels–no matter how pious and edifying the behavior of the characters–are not...