Henry Adams

“Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts.”

“Morality is a private and costly luxury.”

“Thank God, I never was cheerful. I come from the happy stock of the Mathers, who, as you remember, passed sweet mornings reflecting on the goodness of God and the damnation of infants.”

“Philosophy . . .consists chiefly in suggesting unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.”

“Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.”

“He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers.”