To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit and read it are old women over their tea.
Jika saya akan menjual forenoons dan sore hari saya kepada masyarakat, seperti yang dilakukan kebanyakan orang, saya yakin, bagi saya, tidak akan ada lagi yang layak untuk dijalani.
While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who are to inhabit them. It has created palaces, but it was not so easy to create noblemen and kings.
There is one consolation in being sick; and that is the possibility that you may recover to a better state than you were ever in before.