What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.

You may say, "I wish to send this ball so as to kill the lion crouching yonder, ready to spring upon me. My wishes are all right, and I hope Providence will direct the ball." Providence won't. You must do it; and if you do not, you are a dead man.

Love without faith is as bad as faith without love.

Very few men acquire wealth in such a manner as to receive pleasure from it.

Self-government by the whole people is the teleologic idea. The republican form of government is the noblest and the best, as it is the latest.

It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Worry is rust upon the blade.

Though a man declares himself an atheist, it in no way alters his obligations.