It is perfectly delightful to take advantage of the conscientious labors of those who go through and through volume after volume, divide with infinite patience the gold from the dross, and present us with the pure and shining coin. Such men may be likened to bees who save us numberless journeys by giving us the fruit of their own.

I have no confidence in any religion that can be demonstrated only to children.

Abraham Lincoln was, in my judgment, in many respects, the grandest man ever President of the United States. Upon his monument these words should be written: "Here sleeps the only man in the history of the world who, having been clothed with almost absolute power, never abused it, except upon the side of mercy."

Not only are we here to protect the public from vicious criminals in the street but also to protect the public from harmful ideas.

Darwin has done more to change human thought than all the priests who have existed.

A crime against god is a demonstrated impossibility.

I have always noticed that the people who have the smallest souls make the most fuss about getting them saved.