Religions are not proved, are not demonstrated, are not established, are not overthrown by logic! They are of all the mysteries of nature and the human mind, the most mysterious and most inexplicable; they are of instinct and not of reason.

Life is too short to spare an hour of it in the indulgence of this evil passion.

Love is the enchanted dawn of every heart.

The death of a man's wife is like cutting down an ancient oak that has long shaded the family mansion. Henceforth the glare of the world, with its cares and vicissitudes falls upon the old widower's heart, and there is nothing to break their force, or shield him from the full weight of misfortune. It is as if his right hand were withered; as if one wing of his angel was broken, and every movement that he made brought him to the ground.

Silence,--the applause of real and durable impressions.

Newspapers will ultimately engross all literature.

I am the fellow citizen of every being that thinks; my country is Truth.