The prudent man does himself good; the virtuous one does it to other men.

We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongue, at our peril, risk and hazard.

As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities.

It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.

The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.

A little evil is often necessary for obtaining a great good.

It does not require great art, or magnificently trained eloquence, to prove that Christians should tolerate each other. I, however, am going further: I say that we should regard all men as our brothers. What? The Turk my brother? The Chinaman my brother? The Jew? The Siam? Yes, without doubt; are we not all children of the same father and creatures of the same God?