The average man does not get pleasure out of an idea because he thinks it is true; he thinks it is true because he gets pleasure out of it.

Moral certainty is always a sign of cultural inferiority. The more uncivilized the man, the surer he is that he knows precisely what is right and what is wrong.

The fact is that the average man's love of liberty is nine-tenths imaginary, exactly like his love of sense, justice and truth.

Who ever heard, indeed, of an autobiography that was not (interesting)? I can recall none in all the literature of the world

Jury - A group of 12 people, who, having lied to the judge about their health, hearing, and business engagements, have failed to fool him.

No form of liberty is worth a darn [sic] which doesn't give us the right to do wrong now and then.

Pastor: One employed by the wicked to prove to them by his example that virtue doesn't pay.