Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.
The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others.
The Americans have need of the telephone, but we do not. We have plenty of messenger boys.
This world is given as the prize for the men in earnest; and that which is true of this world, is truer still of the world to come.
I never vote for anyone; I always vote against.
The lion and the calf shall lie down together but the calf won't get much sleep.
What some people mistake for the high cost of living is really the cost of high living.