[W]here there is no law, there is no liberty; and nothing deserves the name of law but that which is certain and universal in its operation upon all the members of the community.

The Bible contains more knowledge necessary to man in his present state than any other book in the world.

Beer is a wholesome liquor.....it abounds with nourishment

Let the children...be carefully instructed in the principles and obligations of the Christian religion. This is the most essential part of education.

If moral precepts alone could have reformed mankind, the mission of the Son of God into all the world would have been unnecessary. The perfect morality of the gospel rests upon the doctrine which, though often controverted has never been refuted: I mean the vicarious life and death of the Son of God.

Scandal dies sooner of itself, than we could kill it.

It would seem from this fact, that man is naturally a wild animal, and that when taken from the woods, he is never happy in his natural state, 'till he returns to them again.