The Great End Of Being Is To

To Be Master Of Any Branch Of Knowledge, You Must Master Those Which Lie Next To It, And Thus To Know Anything You Must Know All.

Old Age Is Fifteen Years Older Than I Am.

General Propositions Do Not Decide Concrete Cases. The Decision Will Depend On A Judgment Or Intuition More Subtle Than Any Articulate Major Premise.

On The Whole, I Am On The Side Of The Unregenerate Who Affirms The Worth Of Life As An End In Itself, As Against The Saints Who Deny It.

Modesty And Reverence Are No Less Virtues Of Freemen Than The Democratic Feeling Which Will Submit Neither To Arrogance Nor To Servility.