God made man to go by motives, and he will not go without them, any more than a boat without steam or a balloon without gas.

Everyone has conscience enough to hate; few have religion enough to love.

The most efficacious secular book that ever was published in America is the newspaper.

The power of hiding ourselves from one another is mercifully given, for men are wild beasts, and would devour one another but for this protection.

Morality is character and conduct such as is required by the circle or community in which the man's life happens to be placed. It shows how much good men require of us.

A man without a vote is in this land like a man without a hand.

Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.