Everyone should be taught the nobility of labor, the heroism and splendor of honest effort. As long as it is considered disgraceful to labor, or aristocratic not to labor, the world will be filled with idleness and crime, and with every possible moral deformity.

There are treasures in books that all the money in the world cannot buy, but the poorest laborer can have for nothing.

With soap, baptism is a good thing.

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.

The more false we destroy, the more room there will be for the true.

Most men are followers, and implicitly rely upon the judgment of others. They mistake solemnity for wisdom, and regard a grave countenance as the title page and Preface to a most learned volume. So they are easily imposed upon by forms, strange garments, and solemn ceremonies. And when the teaching of parents, the customs of neighbors, and the general tongue approve and justify a belief or creed, no matter how absurd, it is hard even for the strongest to hold the citadel of his soul. In each country, in defence of each religion, the same arguments would be urged.

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