Bergen Evans

To the naive, skepticism often seems malicious perversity: Only some secret enemy in the inward degenerate nature of man, said Topsell, could lead anyone to doubt the existence of the unicorn.

Words are one of our chief means of adjusting to all the situations of life. The better control we have over words, the more successful our adjustment is likely to be.

Wisdom is meaningless until our own experience has given it meaning . . . and there is wisdom in the selection of wisdom.

Stoicism is the wisdom of madness and cynicism the madness of wisdom.