Why should we postpone our joy to another world? Let us get all we can of the good between the cradle and the grave, all that we can of the truly dramatic. If, when death comes, that is the end, we have at least made the best of this life.

Good nature is the cheapest commodity in the world.

Heresy is a cradle; orthodoxy a coffin.

Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so.

Every child should be taught that useful work is worship and that intelligent labor is the highest form of prayer.

Any doctrine that will not bear investigation is not a fit tenant for the mind of an honest man.

I do not believe in loving enemies; I have pretty hard work to love my friends.