Once you've put one of his [Henry James] books down, you simply can't pick it up again.
Why should anybody want to save the human race, or damn it either? Does God want its society? Does Satan?
The Book of Mormon is chloroform in print
The most difficult We do not deal in facts when we are contemplating ourselves.
The kingly office is entitled to no respect. It was originally procured by the highwayman's methods. It remains a perpetuated crime, can never be anything but the symbol of a crime. It is no more entitled to respect than is the flag of a pirate.
If we should deal out justice only, in this world, who would escape? No, it is better to be generous, and in the end more profitable, for it gains gratitude for us, and love.