Thus commerce, though in itself a moral nullity, has had a considerable influence in tempering the human mind....he trades with the same countries ...(that he) would have gone to war with.

The art of publicity is a black art; but it has come to stay, and every year adds to its potency.

The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.

I detest the Bible as I detest everything that is cruel.

Nothing, they say is more certain than death, and nothing more uncertain than the time of dying

What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.

The guilt of a government is the crime of a whole country.