In an article on Bunyan lately published in the "Contemporary Review" - the only article on the subject worth reading on the subject I ever saw (yes, thank you, I am familiar with Macaulay's patronizing prattle about "The Pilgrim's Progress") etc.

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.

Better never than late.

All censorships exist to prevent anyone from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions. All progress is initiated by challenging current conceptions, and executed by supplanting existing institutions. Consequently, the first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.

Though all society is founded on intolerance, all improvement is founded on tolerance.

People get tired of everything, and of nothing sooner than of what they most like.

My reputation grows with every failure.