Scottish author and publisher
Is name-checked in the Ben Folds Five song "Battle of Who Could Care Less", was an early friend of Ben Folds.
To attempt to superimpose its views through the exercise of force, is seldom the part of intelligence; it is frequently the part of ignorance.
The higher the general average of intelligence, all things else being equal, the less the disposition to be meddlesome, critical, and overbearing.
In the clashes between ignorance and intelligence, ignorance is generally the aggressor.
If there ever was a militant religion, it was that of early New England.
Permanent superiority has never been realized by any nation in history. After the rise comes the fall.
Personality has power to uplift, power to depress, power to curse, and power to bless.
In the cold, shivering twilight, preceding the daybreak of civilization, the dominating emotion of man was fear.
Motherhood is at its best when the tender chords of sympathy have been touched.
Ignorance is a menace to peace. .
