Every thought of pity is like the balm of Gilead to our souls.

Most jury trials are contests between the rich and poor.

The truth is that brains have little to do with either the making or accumulating of money.

If a man is happy in America, it is considered he is doing something wrong.

All men have an emotion to kill; when they strongly dislike someone they involuntarily wish he was dead. I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.

When every event was a miracle, when there was no order or system or law, there was no occasion for studying any subject, or being interested in anything excepting a religion which took care of the soul. As man doubted the primitive conceptions about religion, and no longer accepted the literal, miraculous teachings of ancient books, he set himself to understand nature.

In spite of all the yearnings of men, no one can produce a single fact or reason to support the belief in God and in personal immortality.