I think nothing is religion which puts one individual absolutely above others, and surely nothing is religion which puts one sex above another.

I am confirmed in my division of human energies. Ambitious people climb, but faithful people build.

Every newly discovered truth judges the world, separates the good from the evil, and calls on faithful souls to make sure of their election.

Many a woman will pass for elegant in a ballroom, or even at a court drawing room, whose want of true breeding would become evident in a chosen company.

Theology in general seems to me a substitution of human ingenuity for divine wisdom.

I was born 'neath a clouded star.

The broken eggshell of a civilization which time has hatched and devoured.