The zeal which begins with hypocrisy must conclude in treachery at first it deceives, at last it betrays

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.

Why should a man be in love with his fetters, though of gold?

Atheism is rather in the lip, than in the heart of man.

The human understanding, from its peculiar nature, easily supposes a greater degree of order and equality in things than it really finds.

In things that are tender and unpleasing, it is good to break the ice by some one whose words are of less weight, and to reserve the more weighty voice to come in as by chance.

It's not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned; and not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.