All great truths begin as blasphemies.
The statesman cannot govern without stability of belief, true or false.
The way to deal with worldly people is to frighten them by repeating their scandalous whisperings aloud.
The vilest abortionist is he who attempts to mould a child's character.
Political necessities sometime turn out to be political mistakes.
Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.