Cast your cares on God; that anchor holds.

Every man ought to be inquisitive through every hour of his great adventure down to the day when he shall no longer cast a shadow in the sun. For if he dies without a question in his heart, what excuse is there for his continuance?

Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible.

I have found some of the best reasons I ever had for remaining at the bottom simply by looking at the men at the top.

Talk ought always to run obliquely, not nose to nose with no chance of mental escape.

That is the consolation of a little mind; you have the fun of changing it without impeding the progress of mankind.

Persecution was at least a sign of personal interest. Tolerance is composed of nine parts of apathy to one of brotherly love.