A Burnt Child Dreads The Fire.

Falsehood Is Invariably The Child Of Fear In One Form Or Another.

I Did Not Hate God Or Christ, But Merely The God And Christ Of The People Whom I Hated.

Intolerance Is Evidence Of Impotence.

I Am Certainly Of Opinion That Genius Can Be Acquired, Or, In The Alternative, That It Is An Almost Universal Possession.

Religion Itself Becomes Offensively Monotonous. On Every Point Of Vantage Are Pagodas -- Stupid Stalagmites Of Stagnant Piety.