When the journey from means to end is not too long, the means themselves are enjoyed if the end is ardently desired.

Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth - more than ruin, more even than death.

... the solitary pain that gnaws the heart.

The mind is a strange machine which can combine the materials offered to it in the most astonishing ways.

Answering questions is a major part of sex education. Two rules cover the ground. First, always give a truthful answer to a question; secondly, regard sex knowledge as exactly like any other knowledge.

A life without adventure is likely to be unsatisfying, but a life in which adventure is allowed to take whatever form it will is sure to be short.

The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.

Right conduct can never, except by some rare accident, be prompted by ignorance or hindered by knowledge.

Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.

The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.