"The size of a man is measured by the size of the thing that makes him angry."

"Faith is not the knowledge of what the mystery of the universe is, but the conviction that there is a mystery, and that it is greater than us."

"Scent is the soul of flowers, and sea flowers, as splendid as they may be, have no soul!"

"It is useless to close the gates against ideas; they overlap them."

"No man really becomes a fool until he stops asking questions."

"The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers with the smallest amount of hissing."

"If you observe a really happy man, you will find... that he is happy in the course of living life twenty-four crowded hours each day."

"They should rule who are able to rule best."

"There would not be so many open mouths if there were not so many open ears."

"Quarrel not at all. No man resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention."

"Doctors pour drugs of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, into patients of whom they know nothing."

"It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something."