Conservatism defends those coercive arrangements which a still-lingering savageness makes requisite. Radicalism endeavours to realize a state more in harmony with the character of the ideal man.

The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.

An argument fatal to the communist theory, is suggested by the fact, that a desire for property is one of the elements of our nature.

In science the important thing is to modify and change one's ideas as science advances.

To play billiards well was a sign of an ill-spent youth

The defects of the children mirror the defects of the parents.

Never educate a child to be a gentleman or lady alone, but to be a man, a woman.