Where nature is sovereign, there is no need of austerity and self-denial.

The best that we can do for one another is to exchange our thoughts freely; and that, after all, is about all.

History is a voice forever sounding across the centuries the laws of right and wrong. Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral law is written on the tablets of eternity.

The superstition of science scoffs at the superstition of faith.

Fear is the parent of cruelty.

Ignorance is the dominion of absurdity.

Men are made by nature unequal. It is vain, therefore, to treat them as if they were equal.