It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.

Never crowd youngsters about their private affairs - sex especially. When they are growing up, they are nerve ends all over, and resent (quite properly) any invasion of their privacy. Oh, sure, they'll make mistakes - but that's their business, not yours. (You made your own mistakes, did you not?)

Physicians had gone to their graves calling Pasteur a liar, a fool, or worse—without examining evidence which their “common sense” told them was impossible.

Logic is a feeble reed, friend.

In terms of morals there is no such thing as ‘state.’ Just men. Individuals. Each responsible for his own acts.

The nice thing about citing god as an authority is that you can prove anything you set out to prove.

Stupidity cannot be cured. Stupidity is the only universal capital crime; the sentence is death. There is no appeal, and execution is carried out automatically and without pity.