If we look back into history for the character of the present sects in Christianity, we shall find few that have not in their turns been persecutors, and complainers of persecution. The primitive Christians thought persecution extremely wrong in the Pagans, but practised it on one another.

There's many witty men whose brains can't fill their bellies.

An education is the investment with the greatest returns.

Genius is nothing but a greater aptitude for patience.

It seems to me, that if statesmen had a little more arithmetic, or were accustomed to calculation, wars would be much less frequent.

You have on hand those things that you need if you have but the wit and wisdom to use them.

Don't throw stones at your neighbors, if your own windows are glass.