We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form.

To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophy.

The statistics of suicide show that, for non-combatants at least, life is more interesting in war than in peace.

Faith is an act of self-consecration, in which the will, the intellect, and the affections all have their place.

The proper time to influence the character of a child is about a hundred years before he is born.

Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art.

Experience is a good teacher, but her fees are very high.