Even a superstitious man has certain inalienable rights: the right to harbor and indulge his imbecilities, provided only that he does not try to inflict them upon others by force; he has the right to argue for them as eloquently as he can. But he has no right to be protected from the criticism of those who do not hold them. He has no right to demand that they be treated as sacred. He has no right to preach them without challenge.

For the habitual truth-teller and truth-seeker, indeed, the whole world has very little liking. He is always unpopular.

The fundamental trouble with marriage is that it shakes a man's confidence in himself, and so greatly diminishes his general competence and effectiveness. His habit of mind becomes that of a commander who has lost a decisive and calamitous battle. He quite trusts himself thereafter.

If a sense of duty tortures a man, it also enables him to achieve prodigies.

It is the dull man who is always sure, and the sure man who is always dull.

Perhaps the most revolting character that the United States ever produced was the Christian Businessman.

Freedom of press is limited to those who own one.