Brigham Young lived to become immortal in history as an American Moses by leading his people through the wilderness into an unpromised land.

The man who has never made a mistake will never make anything else.

Martyrdom, sir, is what these people like: it is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.

Besides, do any of us understand what we are doing? If we did, would we ever do it?

The lesson intended by an author is hardly ever the lesson the world chooses to learn from his book.

The open mind never acts: when we have done our utmost to arrive at a reasonable conclusion, we still must close our minds for the moment with a snap, and act dogmatically on our conclusions.

Though I can make my extravaganzas appear credible, I cannot make the truth appear so.