'Particulars, as every one knows, make for virtue and happiness; generalities are intellectually necessary evils. Not philosophers but fretsawyers and stamp collectors compose the backbone of society.'

Half of the human race lives in manifest obedience to the lunar rhythm; and there is evidence to show that the psychological and therefore the spiritual life, …

'The greater a man's talents, the greater his power to lead astray.'

'All the benefits of Alcohol and Christianity, with none of the defects' (on Soma)