Government can easily exist without laws, but law cannot exist without government.

God and Satan alike are essentially human figures, the one a projection of ourselves, the other of our enemies.

Fundamental happiness depends more than anything else upon what may be called a friendly interest in persons and things.

Very many people spend money in ways quite different from those that their natural tastes would enjoin, merely because the respect of their neighbors depends upon their possession of a good car and their ability to give good dinners. As a matter of fact, any man who can obviously afford a car but genuinely prefers travels or a good library will in the end be much more respected than if he behaved exactly like everyone else.

Opinions which justify cruelty are inspired by cruel impulses.

The very best proof that something can be done is that someone has already done it.

We know too much and feel too little.