Nothing is more damaging to you than to do something that you believe is wrong.

There is no greater injustice than to wring your profits from the sweat of another man's brow.

He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.

Tis better people think you a fool, then open your mouth and erase all doubt.

The damnest scoundrel that ever lived, but in the infinite mercy of Providence... also the damnest fool.

Take all that you can of this book upon reason, and the balance on faith, and you will live and die a happier man. (When a skeptic expressed surprise to see him reading a Bible)

We shall sooner have the fowl by hatching the egg than by smashing it.