That which especially distinguishes a high order of man from a low order of man, that which constitutes human goodness, human nobleness, is surely not the degree of enlightenment with which men pursue their own advantage; but it is self-forgetfulness; it is self-sacrifice; it is the disregard of personal pleasure, personal indulgence, personal advantage, remote or present, because some other line of conduct is more right.

The superstition of science scoffs at the superstition of faith.

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

Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.

To tell men that they cannot help themselves is to fling them into recklessness and despair.

A single seed of fact will produce in a season or two a harvest of calumnies; but sensible men will pay no attention to them.

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.