"It is not so important that many should be as good as you, as that there be some absolute goodness somewhere; for that will leaven the whole lump."

"Any man more right than his neighbors constitutes a majority of one."

"What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?"

"All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or backgammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right and wrong, with moral questions; and betting naturally accompanies it. The character …"

"The universe is wider than our views of it."