Immortality. I notice that as soon as writers broach this question they begin to quote. I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do.

All life is an experiment.

Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet. Then all things are at risk. It is as when a conflagration has broken out in a great city, and no man knows what is safe, or where it will end.

Cannot we let people be themselves, and enjoy life in their own way? You are trying to make another you. One’s enough.

Children are all foreigners.

Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experience.

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

Fame is proof that people are gullible.

Genius always finds itself a century too early.