The several sorts of religion in the world are little more than so many spiritual monopolies.

A man that should call everything by its right name would hardly pass the streets without being knocked down as a common enemy.

Ignorance makes most men go into a political party, and shame keeps them from getting out of it.

Gratitude is one of those things that cannot be bought.

There is an accumulative cruelty in a number of men, though none in particular are ill natured.

Most men's anger about religion is as if two men should quarrel for a lady they neither of them care for.

Hope is generally a wrong guide, though it is very good company by the way.