In any close society it is more urgent to restrain others than to be free oneself. Hence the tendency for the central authority to absorb and supersede such as are local or delegated.

Art is a delayed echo.

Sanity is madness put to good use.

Does the thoughtful man suppose that...the present experiment in civilization is the last world we will see?

A fanatical imagination cannot regard God as just unless he is represented as infinitely cruel.

If a man really knew himself he would utterly despise the ignorant notions others might form on a subject in which he had such matchless opportunities for observation.

Better not be a hero than work oneself up into heroism by shouting lies.