We are not free, it was not intended we should be. A book of rules is placed in our cradle, and we never get rid of it until we reach our graves. Then we are free, and only then.

We love the Lord, of course, but we often wonder what He finds in us.

A religion that never suffices to govern a man will never suffice to save him; that which does not sufficiently distinguish one from a wicked world will never distinguish him from a perishing world.

We must be truthful and fair in the ordinary affairs of life before we can be truthful and fair in patriotism and religion.

Most people have seen worse things in private than they pretend to be shocked at in public.

It is a matter of regret that many low, mean suspicions turn out to be well founded.

Some men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them.