The doctrine of human equality reposes on this: that there is no man really clever who has not found that he is stupid. There is no big man who has not felt small. Some men never feel small; but these are the few men who are.
To the wife of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Queen did not approve of married clergy. Madam I may not call you; mistress I am shamed to call you; and so I know not what to call you; but howsoever I thank you.
I look upon the world as my parish.
Cleverness is serviceable for everything sufficient for nothing.
The doctrine of human equality reposes on this: that there is no man really clever who has not found that he is stupid. There is no big man who has not felt small. Some men never feel small; but these are the few men who are.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.
To the wife of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Queen did not approve of married clergy. Madam I may not call you; mistress I am shamed to call you; and so I know not what to call you; but howsoever I thank you.
Clever men are good but they are not the best.
If the liberties of the American people are ever destroyed they will fall by the hands of the clergy.
A celibate clergy is an especially good idea because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism.