"The first step towards madness is to think oneself wise."

"After the passage of a century, Morphy still remains the most glamorous figure that has ever appeared in th…"

"My early book learning came to me as naturally as the seasons in … the little town in which I grew up. … Qu…"

"I have found Mrs. Frances Fuller Victor during her arduous labors for a period of ten years in my library, …"

"I feel safer with a Pyrrho than with a St. Paul, for a jesting wisdom is gentler than an unbridled sanctity."

"The origin of all religions -- Judaeo-Christianity included -- is to be found in a few primeval truths, not…"

"The gospel is a reasonable system, and it appeals to men's understanding; it is a matter for thought and co…"