There is no liberty to men whose passions are stronger than their religious feelings; there is no liberty to men in whom ignorance predominates over knowledge; there is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.

Conceited men often seem a harmless kind of men, who, by an overweening self-respect, relieve others from the duty of respecting them at all.

A bird in a cage is not half a bird.

The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going on in a state or community than the editorial columns are.

We are always on the anvil; by trials God is shaping us for higher things.

Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.

Reason can tell how love affects us, but cannot tell what love is.