All must respect those who respect themselves.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

The divine right of kings may have been a plea for feeble tyrants, but the divine right of government is the keystone of human progress, and without it governments sink into police, and a nation is degraded into a mob.

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime; give a man religion and he will die praying for a fish.

Happiness is only to be found in a recurrence to the principles of human nature; and these will prompt very simple measures.

Duty cannot exist without faith

If you don't believe in magic, then you can't believe in reality.