'The good man is he who rules himself as he does his own property: his autonomous being is modelled on material power.'

'The gods look in pleasure on penitent sinners.'

'The hardest hit, as everywhere, are those who have no choice.'

'The first and only principle of sexual ethics: the accuser is always in the wrong.'

Who can give law to lovers? Love is a greater law to itself.

The doctrines of Calvinism involved a reversal of values with which Arnold became increasingly concerned. Work had always been a curse and a means, but it had …

I do nothing but go about persuading you all, old and young alike, not to take thought for your persons or your properties, but and chiefly to care about the g…