Leslie Stephen

“The only way to get a great deal of money is to take it from others.”

“The whole art of life consists in giving pain for pain.”

“A foul-mouthed judge is a public nuisance.”

“The general tendency of reading is to deaden the critical faculties.”

“A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married.”

“To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization.”

“The Alpine Club is a society of men who have not only scaled the summits of the loftiest mountains, but have also shown that they possess the qualities of courage, endurance, and self-reliance.”

“The question 'What is the good of it?' is a question which is not, and never can be, answered by men who have done anything great.”

“A man who does not know what has been thought by those who have gone before him is sure to think shallowly and to think confusedly.”

“A cynic is a man who is observing the world as it is, and not as it ought to be.”

“The true secret of happiness is to be interested in all the details of daily life.”