Pedantry is the dotage of knowledge.

The possession of a great many things, even the best of things, tends to blind one to the real value of anything.

Past and present, it is all the same, books are necromancers, they exercise an influence more varied, more lasting, than any magic known to man.

Man is a dog's idea of what God should be.

Sacrifice is a form of bargaining.

Fear of corrupting the mind of the younger generation is the loftiest form of cowardice.

As soon as an idea is accepted it is time to reject it.