Man makes circumstances, and spiritually as well as economically, is the artificer of his own fortune.
Faith is loyalty to some inspired teacher, some spiritual hero.
Cash-payment is not the sole nexus of man with man.
Pin your faith to no ones sleeves, haven't you two eyes of your own.
Parliament will train you to talk; and above all things to hear, with patience, unlimited quantities of foolish talk.
Innumerable are the illusions and legerdemain-tricks of custom: but of all of these, perhaps the cleverest is her knack of persuading us that the miraculous, by simple repetition, ceases to be miraculous.