"Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end."

"It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things."

"What does it mean to be a philosopher? It means to be able to say, 'I have seen the world, and I have found it good.'"

"All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or backgammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right and wrong, with moral questions; and betting naturally accompanies it. The character …"

"I say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes."