We steal if we touch tomorrow. It is God's.

The God of the Bible is a moral monstrosity.

That which distinguishes man from the brute is his power, in dealing with Nature, to milk her laws, and make them give forth their bounty.

Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into.

Many a man has been dined out of his religion, and his politics, and his manhood, almost.

A house built on sand is, in fair weather, just as good as if builded on a rock. A cobweb is as good as the mightiest chain cable when there is no strain on it. It is trial that proves one thing weak and another strong.

I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.