As naturally as the oak bears an acorn and the vine a gourd, man bears a poem, either spoken or done.

Men cannot conceive of a state of things so fair that it cannot be realized.

A man might well pray that he may not taboo or curse any portion of nature by being buried in it.

Men are in the main alike, but they were made several in order that they might be various. If a low use is to be served, one man will do nearly quite as well as another; if a high one, individual excellence is to be regarded.

Every sentence is the result of a long probation.

The church is a sort of hospital for men's souls and as full of quackery as the hospital for their bodies.

I would not have any one adopt my mode of living on any account.