Each religion, so dear to those whose life it sanctifies, and fulfilling so necessary a function in the society that has adopted it, necessarily contradicts every other religion, and probably contradicts itself.

When men and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons are always different.

The loftiest edifices need the deepest foundations.

My soul hates the fool whose only passion is to live by rule.

Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated.

For Shakespeare, in the matter of religion, the choice lay between Christianity and nothing. He chose nothing.

It is characteristic of spontaneous friendship to take on first, without enquiry and almost at first sight, the unseen doings and unspoken sentiments of our friends; the parts known give us evidence enough that the unknown parts cannot be much amiss.