Scarcely was I arrived at fifteen years of age, when, after having doubted in turn of different tenets, according as I found them combated in the different books that I read, I began to doubt of Revelation itself.

Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy.

If we restrict liberty to attain security we will lose them both.

He that doth what he should not, shall feel what he would not.

Nothing preaches better than the act.

Blessed is he that expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. expect nothing - get nothing! but expect something - get something!!

One of the greatest tragedies of life is the murder of a beautiful theory by a gang of brutal facts.