Man is emphatically self-made.

God has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission.

Two and two only supreme and luminously self-evident beings, myself and my Creator.

Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish.

If we are intended for great ends, we are called to great hazards.

Nothing is more common than for men to think that because they are familiar with words they understand the ideas they stand for.

Men will die upon dogma but will not fall victim to a conclusion.