The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain.

Heaven always bears some proportion to earth. The god of the cannibal will be a cannibal, of the crusades a crusader, and of the merchants a merchant.

The art of conversation, or the qualification for a good companion, is a certain self-control, which now holds the subject, now lets it go, with a respect for the emergencies of the moment.

The idea of God ends in a paltry Methodist meeting-house.

Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood and steel and brass.

Knowledge is the antidote to fear. [especially as fear often stands for false evidence appearing real!]

The world when seen through a little child's eyes, greatly resembles paradise. Happiness is doing with a smile what you have to do anyway. This time, like all time, is a very good one if we but know what to do with it.