"Loneliness is and always has been the central and inevitable experience of every man."

"Is this not the true romantic feeling not to desire to escape life, but to prevent life from escaping you."

"Culture is the arts elevated to a set of beliefs."

"All things on earth point home in old October sailors to sea, travellers to walls and fences, hunters to field and hollow and the long voice of the hounds, the lover to the love he has forsaken."

"Every man's ability may be strengthened or increased by culture."

"If we put our trust in the common sense of common men and 'with malice toward none and charity for all' go forward on the great adventure of making political, economic and social democracy a practical reality, we shall not fail."

"A quiet mind perceives the subtle truths that noisy ambitions constantly drown out. In this truth lies the bedrock of all virtue."

"The true humanist maintains a just balance between sympathy and selection."