“A belief is not true because it is useful”

“Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers.”

“You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.”

“Women wish to be loved not because they are pretty, or good, or well bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.”

“Society lives by faith, and develops by science.”

“Dare to be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not and to believe in your own individuality.”

“Truth is not only violated by falsehood;it may be outraged by silence.”