"Philosophy, as the modern world knows it,..." - Quote by H L Mencken

“The wholly manly man lacks the wit necessary to give objective form to his soaring and secret dreams, and the wholly womanly woman is apt to be too cynical a creature to dream at all.”

“Women always excel men in that sort of wisdom which comes from experience. To be a woman is in itself a terrible experience.”

“Truth would quickly cease to be stranger than fiction, once we got as used to it.”

“Every power draws its ultimate consequences at every moment.”

“Individual misfortunes give rise to the general good; so that the more individual misfortunes exist, the more all is fine.”

“Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.”

“The Life of the intellect is the best and pleasantest for man, because the intellect more than anything else is the man. Thus it will be the happiest life as well.”

“Man was born to be rich, or grow rich by use of his faculties, by the union of thought with nature. Property is an intellectual production. The game requires coolness, right reasoning, promptness, and patience in the players.”

“The Intellect engages us in the pursuit of Truth. The Passions impel us to Action.”