The hall-mark of American humour is its pose of illiteracy.
When suave politeness, tempering bigot zeal, corrected 'I believe' to 'one does feel'.
The great argument used now against any theological proposition is not, that it is untrue, or unthinkable, or unedifying, or unscriptural, or unorthodox, but simply, that the modern mind cannot accept it.
Always tell the truth, and people will never believe you.
Comparative religion is an admirable recipe for making people comparatively religious.
It is so stupid of modern civilization to have given up believing in the devil when he is the only explanation of it.