Genuine religion is not so much a matter of feeling as a matter of principle.

When I die, I should be ashamed to leave enough to build me a monument if there were a wanting friend above ground. I would enjoy the pleasure of what I give by giving it alive and seeing another enjoy it.

To pardon those absurdities in ourselves which we cannot suffer in others is neither better nor worse than to be more willing to be fools ourselves than to have others so.

Drink is the feast of reason and the flow of soul.

Words are like Leaves; and where they most abound, Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found.

For forms of government, let fools contest; Whate'er is best administered, is best.

The soul's calm sunshine, and the heartfelt joy.