Even the wisest woman you talk to is ignorant of something you may know, but an elegant woman never forgets her elegance.

Most of us retain enough of the theological attitude to think that we are little gods.

Science ... in other words, knowledge-is not the enemy of religion; for, if so, then religion would mean ignorance. But it is often the antagonist of school-divinity.

The worst of a modern stylish mansion is that it has no place for ghosts.

I think that we should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe and believe to be fraught with death, unless they so imminently threaten immediate interference with the lawful and pressing purposes of the law that an immediate check is required to save the country.

Beware of making your moral staple consist of the negative virtues.

Our morality seems to be only a check on the ultimate domination of force, just as our politeness is a check on the impulse of every pig to put his feet in the trough.