They knew no better, but I do not propose to follow the example of a barbarian because he was honestly a barbarian.

It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had the individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions.

There is something tenderly appropriate in the serene death of the old. Nothing is more touching than the death of the young, the strong.

The Church demonstrated the falsity and folly of Darwin's theories by showing that they contradicted the Mosaic account of creation, and now that the theories of Darwin having been fairly established, the Church says that the Mosaic account is true because it is in harmony with Darwin. Now, if it should turn out that Darwin was mistaken, what then?

Liberty is the breath of progress.

Intellect, without heart, is infinitely cruel. . . . So that, after all, the real aristocracy must be that of goodness where the intellect is directed by the heart.

Custom meets us at the cradle and leaves us only at the tomb.