A man can surely do what he wills to do, but cannot determine what he wills.

It is only a man's own fundamental thoughts that have truth and life in them.

Hence, in all countries the chief occupation of society is card-playing, and it is the gauge of its value, and an outward sign that it is bankrupt in thought. Because people have no thoughts to deal in, they deal cards, and try and win one another’s money. Idiots!

The cause of laughter is simply the sudden perception of the incongruity between a concept and the real project.

Reason deserves to be called a prophet; for in showing us the consequence and effect of our actions in the present, does it not tell us what the future will be?

Faith is like love: it does not let itself be forced.

To free a person from error is to give, and not to take away.