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.

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

Science rests on reason and experiment, and can meet an opponent with calmness; [but] a creed is always sensitive.

The essence of greatness is neglect of the self.

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

Nature is less partial than she appears, and all situations in life have their compensations along with them.

But the world was also so constructed, owing to the nature of the Maker of it, that superior strength was found in the long run to lie with those who had the right on their side.