Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper.

It [feminism] is mixed up with a muddled idea that women are free when they serve their employers but slaves when they help their husbands.

Original sin is the only doctrine that's been empirically validated by 2,000 years of human history.

There are many definite methods, honest and dishonest, which make people rich; the only instinct I know of which does it is that instinct which theological Christianity crudely describes as the sin of avarice.

The sort of man who admires Italian art while despising Italian religion is a tourist and a cad.

The chief object of education is not to learn things but to unlearn things.

Very few reputations are gained by unsullied virtue.