Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious.

Mental power cannot be got from ill-fed brains.

Science is organized knowledge.

There is no origin for the idea of an afterlife, save the conclusion which the savage draws from the notion suggested by dreams.

The cruelty of a Fijian god, who, represented as devouring the souls of the dead, may be supposed to inflict torture during the process, is small compared with the cruelty of a God who condemns men to tortures which are eternal.

Much dearer be the things which come through hard distress.

Love is life's end, but never ending. Love is life's wealth, never spent, but ever spending. Love's life's reward, rewarded in rewarding.