A conquered foe should be watched.

A poem is no place for an idea.

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.

None of us can boast about the morality of our ancestors. The record does not show that Adam and Eve were ever married.

Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.

A young man is a theory, an old man is a fact.

Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it.