All serious conversations gravitate towards philosophy. - What We Live By.

All serious conversations gravitate towards philosophy. - What We Live By.

Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade.

Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade.

It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.

It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.

Every clarification breeds new questions.

Every clarification breeds new questions.

Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar read more

Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need and a craving in the teacher himself. - Memories and Milestones.

Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old

Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old

The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.

The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.

Philosophy is the science which considers truth

Philosophy is the science which considers truth

Beside, he was a shrewd philosopher,
And had read ev'ry text and gloss over
Whate'er the crabbed'st read more

Beside, he was a shrewd philosopher,
And had read ev'ry text and gloss over
Whate'er the crabbed'st author hath,
He understood b' implicit faith.