Of all the evil spirits abroad at this hour in the world, insincerity is the most dangerous.

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

The best that we can do for one another is to exchange our thoughts freely; and that, after all, is about all.

History is a voice forever sounding across the centuries the laws of right and wrong. Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral law is written on the tablets of eternity.

Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes.

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.

Philosophy goes no further than probabilities, and in every assertion keeps a doubt in reserve.