There are two things necessary to Salvation.... Money and gunpowder.

The happiness of credulity is a cheap and dangerous quality.

Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive.

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

The confusing of marriage with morality has done more to destroy the conscience of the human race than any other single error.

[Chess] is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only wasting their time.

I loathe the mess of mean superstitions and misunderstood prophecies which is still rammed down the throats of children under the name of Christianity.