Jesus died to save men - a small thing for an immortal to do - and didn't save many, anyway. But if he had been damned for the race, that would have been act of a size proper to a god, and would have saved the whole race.

Not all the Greek runners in the original Olympics were totally naked. Some wore shoes.

We often feel sad in the presence of music without words; and often more than that in the presence of music without music.

As a rule, we go about with masks, we go about looking honest, and we are able to conceal ourselves all through the day.

To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.

You can't reason someone out of something that they weren't reasoned into in the first place.

Heaven is by favor; if it were by merit your dog would go in and you would stay out. Of all the creatures ever made (man) is the most detestable. Of the entire brood, he is the only one... that possesses malice. He is the only creature that inflicts pain for sport, knowing it to be pain.