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I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.

Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them.

Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man.

Morality is of the highest importance – but for us, not for God.

It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial.

Life… is not simply a series of exciting new ventures. The future is not always a whole new ball game. There tends to be unfinished business. One trails all sorts of things around with one, things that simply won’t be got rid of.

Age is whatever you think it is. You are as old as you think you are.

A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly.

There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky; there is one spectacle grander than the sky, that is the interior of the soul.

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.