The statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception.

You can go to heaven if you want. I'd rather stay in Bermuda.

What is there that confers the noblest delight? What is that which swells a man's breast with pride above that which any other experience can bring to him? Discovery!

If everyone was satisfied with himself, there would be no heroes.

Let me make the superstitions of a nation and I care not who makes its laws or its songs either.

You may honestly feel grateful that homeopathy survived the attempts of the allopaths (orthodoxy) to destroy it.

I cannot help but notice that there is no problem between us that cannot be solved by your departure.