It is assumed that the skeptic has no bias; whereas he has a very obvious bias in favour of skepticism.

Men may keep a sort of level of good, but no man has ever been able to keep on one level of evil.

Self-denial is the test and definition of self-government.

The great Gaels of Ireland are the men that God made mad, For all their wars are merry, and all their songs are sad.

The more we are certain what good is, the more we shall see good in everything.

He is a [sane] man who can have tragedy in his heart and comedy in his head.

Unless a man becomes the enemy of an evil, he will not even become its slave but rather its champion.