"Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality."

"Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably."

"A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you."

"A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading."

"Don't judge a man by where he is, because you don't know how far he has come."

"Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil."