The truth is that the whole system of beliefs which comes in with the story of the fall of man ... is gently falling out of enlightened human intelligence.

Leverage is everything-don't begin to pry until you've got the long arm on your side.

Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.

You may have genius. The contrary is, of course, probable.

People who honestly mean to be true really contradict themselves much more rarely than those who try to be 'consistent'.

Don't flatter yourselves that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. On the contrary, the nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.

Yes, child of suffering, thou may'st well be sure He who ordained the Sabbath loves the poor!