The crossroads of trade are the meeting place of ideas, the attrition ground of rival customs and beliefs; diversities beget conflict, comparison, thought; superstitions cancel one another, and reason begins.

Man became free when he recognized that he was subject to law.

A cat has a reputation to protect. If it had a halo, it would be worn cocked to one side.

The future never just happened. It was created.

Communism is the opiate of the people.

Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.

It is one of the most culpable oversights of nature that virtue and beauty so often come in separate packages.