Apart from moral conduct, all that man thinks himself able to do in order to become acceptable to God is mere superstition and religious folly.

The two great dividers are religion and LANGUAGE

An organized product of nature is that in which all the parts are mutually ends and means.

The more we come in contact with animals and observe their behaviour, the more we love them, for we see how great is their care of the young.

Patience is the strength of the weak, impatience is the weakness of the strong.

A single line in the Bible has consoled me more than all the books I ever read besides.

If I am to constrain you by any law, it must be one by which I am also bound.