The principle itself of dogmatic religion, dogmatic morality, dogmatic philosophy, is what requires to be booted out; not any particular manifestation of that principle.

The peculiarity of the evidence of mathematical truths is that all the argument is on one side.

All that makes existence valuable to any one depends on the enforcement of restraints upon the actions of other people.

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

The idea is essentially repulsive, of a society held together only by the relations and feelings arising out of pecuniary interest.

The doctrine called Philosophical Necessity is simply this: that, given the motives which are present to an individual's mind, and given likewise the character and disposition of the individual, the manner in which he will act might be unerringly inferred: that if we knew the person thoroughly, and knew all the inducements which are acting upon him, we could foretell his conduct with as much certainty as we can predict any physical event.

The habit of analysis has a tendency to wear away the feelings.