The longer a man lives in this world the more he must be convinced that all domestic quarrels had better never be obtruded on the public; for, let the husband be right, or let him be wrong, there is always a sympathy existing for women which is certain to give the man the worst of it.

Men of genius are often considered superstitious, but the fact is, the fineness of their nerve renders them more alive to the supernatural than ordinary men.

Invention is totally independent of the will.

The greatest geniuses have always attributed everything to God, as if conscious of being possessed of a spark of His divinity.

Satan is to be punished eternally in the end, but for a while he triumphs.

The longer a man lives in this world the more he must be convinced that all domestic quarrels had better never be obtruded on the public; for, let the husband be right, or let him be wrong, there is always a sympathy existing for women which is certain to give the man the worst of it.

There must be more malice than love in the hearts of all wits.