A man without self-restraint is like a barrel without hoops, and tumbles to pieces.

I know it is more agreeable to walk upon carpets than to lie upon dungeon floors, I know it is pleasant to have all the comforts and luxuries of civilization; but he who cares only for these things is worth no more than a butterfly, contented and thoughtless, upon a morning flower; and who ever thought of rearing a tombstone to a last summer's butterfly?

The God of the Bible is a moral monstrosity.

The most dangerous people are the ignorant.

Victories that come cheap are cheap. Those only are worth having which come as the result of hard fighting.

The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.

God made the human body, and it is the most exquisite and wonderful organization which has come to us from the divine hand.