It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy - but he who has shown the better temper.

If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue.

If God wants us to do a thing, he should make his wishes sufficiently clear. Sensible people will wait till he has done this before paying much attention to him.

A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each tried to recover it from all his forefathers.

It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy - but he who has shown the better temper.

God as now generally conceived of is only the last witch.

A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand.