“We are all unused to living, we are all crippled, each one of us more or less. We are so unused to it that we straight away feel some kind of loathing towards real ‘lively life’ and so we cannot stand it when we are reminded of it. We have indeed reached such a point that we almost consider real ‘lively life’ to be labour, almost like service, and we are all agreed among ourselves that it is better left in books.”

“A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence … and when at last he fixes his judgement, the evidence exceeds not what we properly call probability.”

“Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.”

“To abstain from politics is in itself a political attitude.”

“To define is to limit.”

“Any man is liable to err, but only a fool persists in error.”

“有缘千里来相会无缘对面不相识。 If destined to meet, even those separated by a great distance will meet each other. If not destined to meet, even those who are face-to-face will not know each other.”