We call a man a bigot or a slave of dogma because he is a thinker who has thought thoroughly and to a definite end.

Modern man is staggering and losing his balance because he is being pelted with little pieces of alleged fact which are native to the newspapers; and, if they turn out not to be facts, that is still more native to newspapers.

A yawn is a silent shout.

I have formed a very clear conception of patriotism. I have generally found it thrust into the foreground by some fellow who has something to hide in the background. I have seen a great deal of patriotism; and I have generally found it the last refuge of the scoundrel.

The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.

Nothing is poetical if plain daylight is not poetical; and no monster should amaze us if the normal man does not amaze.

Atheism is indeed the most daring of all dogmas . . . for it is the assertion of a universal negative.