The purpose of Compulsory Education is to deprive the common people of their commonsense.

One can hardly think too little of one's self. One can hardly think too much of one's soul.

Tradition does not mean a dead town; it does not mean that the living are dead but that the dead are alive. It means that it still matters what Penn did two hundred years ago or what Franklin did a hundred years ago; I never could feel in New York that it mattered what anybody did an hour ago.

Big Business and State Socialism are very much alike, especially Big Business.

The academic mind reflects infinity, and is full of light by the simple process of being shallow and standing still.

Most Americans are born drunk, and really require a little wine or beer to sober them.

London is a riddle. Paris is an explanation.