The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it. Each is the proper guardian of his own health, whether bodily, or mental or spiritual. Mankind are greater gainers by suffering each other to live as seems good to themselves, than by compelling each to live as seems good to the rest.

So true is that unnatural generally means only uncustomary, and that everything which is usual appears natural.

One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.

The ne plus ultra of wickedness ... is embodied in what is commonly presented to mankind as the creed of Christianity.

When one's ideas are not challenged, one's ability to defend them weakens.

Next to selfishness the principal cause which makes life unsatisfactory is want of mental cultivation.

Landlords grow rich in their sleep without working, risking or economising