Democracy disciplined and enlightened is the finest thing in the world. A democracy prejudiced, ignorant, superstitious, will land itself in chaos and may be self-destroyed.

'Physician, heal thyself' is more true in matters religious than mundane.

Faith is a function of the heart.

A man of truth must also be a man of care.

Moral restrictions tend to become lax in a foreign country, since the fear of social opinion disappears.

Commonsense is the realised sense of proportion.

Violent men have not been known in history to die to a man. They die up to a point.