Nine Tenths Of Education Is Encouragement.

The Arab Who Built Himself A Hut With Marbles From The Temple Of Palmyra Is More Philosophical Than All The Curators Of The Museums Of London, Paris, And Munich.

The Good Critic Is He Who Relates The Adventures Of His Soul Among Masterpieces.

Man Is A Rational Animal. He Can Think Up A Reason For Anything He Wants To Believe.

The Kingdom Of Heaven Is A Military Autocracy And There Is No Public Opinion In It.

For A Man’s Life Would Become Intolerable, If He Knew What Was Going To Happen To Him. He Would Be Made Aware Of Future Evils, And Would Suffer Their Agonies In Advance, While He Would Get No Joy Of Present Blessings Since He Would Know How They Would End. Ignorance Is The Necessary Condition Of Human Happiness, And It Has To Be Admitted That On The Whole Mankind Observes That Condition Well. We Are Almost Entirely Ignorant Of Ourselves; Absolutely Of Others. In Ignorance, We Find Our Bliss; In Illusions, Our Happiness.