Liberty a word without which all other words are vain.

Courage without conscience is a wild beast.

Orthodox Christians have the habit of claiming all great men, all men who have held important positions, men of reputation, men of wealth. As soon as the funeral is over clergymen begin to relate imaginary conversations with the deceased, and in a very little while the great man is changed to a Christian - possibly to a saint.

All religions are inconsistent with mental freedom. Shakespeare is my bible, Burns my hymn-book.

Jehovah was not a moral god. He had all the vices and he lacked all the virtues. He generally carried out all his threats, but he never faithfully kept a promise.

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

Good nature is the cheapest commodity in the world.