The average man is what his environment and his superstitions have made him; and their function is to make him an ass. He can't add up three or four new circumstances together and perceive what they mean; it is beyond him. He is not capable of observing for himself; he has to get everything at second-hand. If what are miscalled the lower animals were as silly as man is, they would all perish from the earth in a year.

When the time comes that a man has had his dinner, then the true man comes to the surface

I've lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.

Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you gain at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his own tail. It won't fatten the dog.

Yes, always avoid violence. In this age of charity and kindliness, the time has gone by for such things. Leave dynamite to the low and unrefined.

It is not best that we should all think alike; it is a difference of opinion that makes horse races.

Let us make a special effort to stop communicating with each other, so we can have some conversation.