I have found Christian dogma unintelligible. Early in life, I absenteed myself from Christian assemblies.

If we do not hang together, we shall surely hang separately.

Reading was the only amusement I allowed myself

There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self.

When men differ in opinion, both sides ought equally to have the advantage of being heard by the public; when Truth and Error have fair play, the former is always an overmatch for the latter.

I made the greater progress, from that clearness of head and quicker apprehension which generally attend temperance in eating and drinking.

Two dry Sticks will burn a green One.