Men are made by nature unequal. It is vain, therefore, to treat them as if they were equal.

We must have the real thing before we can have a science of a thing.

The Providence that watches over the affairs of men works out of their mistakes, at times, a healthier issue than could have been accomplished by their wisest forethought.

I have long been convinced that the Christian Eucharist is but a continuation of the Eleusinian mysteries. St Paul, in using the word teleiois, almost confirms this.

The endurance of the inequalities of life by the poor is the marvel of human society.

Crime is not punished as an offense against God, but as prejudicial to society.

The secret of a person's nature lies in their religion and what they really believes about the world and their place in it.