A man must be orthodox upon most things, or he will never even have time to preach his own heresy.

The man who lives in a small community lives in a much larger world... The reason is obvious. In a large community we can choose our companions. In a small community our companions are chosen for us.

I have little doubt that when St. George had killed the dragon he was heartily afraid of the princess.

He may be mad, but there's method in his madness. There nearly always is method in madness. It's what drives men mad, being methodical.

The most important fact about the subject of education is that there is no such thing. Education is not a subject and it does not deal in subjects. It is instead the transfer of a way of life.

Every man who will not have softening of the heart must at last have softening of the brain

The old restriction meant that only the orthodox were allowed to discuss religion. Modern liberty means that nobody is allowed to discuss it. Good taste, the last and vilest of human superstitions, has succeeded in silencing us where all the rest have failed.