The more a man knows, the more willing he is to learn-the less a man knows, the more positive he is that he knows everything.

Music expresses feeling and thought, without language; it was below and before speech, and it is above and beyond all words.

Good nature is the cheapest commodity in the world.

All religious systems enslave the mind. Certain things are demanded-certain things must be believed-certain things must be done-and the man who becomes the subject or servant of this superstition must give up all idea of indivuality or hope of intellectual growth or progress.

Good nature is the cheapest commodity in the world, and love is the only thing that will pay ten percent to both borrower and lender.

For the most part we inherit our opinions. We are the heirs of habits and mental customs. Our beliefs, like the fashion of our garments, depend on where we were born. We are molded and fashioned by our surroundings.

Blasphemy is an epithet bestowed by superstition upon common sense.