It is because the body is a machine that education is possible. Education is the formation of habits, a superinducing of an artificial organization upon the natural organization of the body.

I took thought, and invented what I conceived to be the appropriate title of 'agnostic'.

The rules of the game are what we call the laws of nature.

The clergy are at present divided into three sections: an immense body who are ignorant; a small proportion who know and are silent; and a minute minority who know and speak according to their knowledge.

My business is to teach my aspirations to confirm themselves to fact, not to try and make facts harmonize with my aspirations.

Genius, as an explosive power, beats gunpowder hollow.

Thoughtfulness for others, generosity, modesty, and self-respect are the qualities which make a real gentleman or lady.