He thinks by infection, catching an opinion like a cold.

Music when healthy, is the teacher of perfect order, and when depraved, the teacher of perfect disorder.

We have seen when the earth had to be prepared for the habitation of man, a veil, as it were, of intermediate being was spread between him and its darkness, in which were joined in a subdued measure, the stability and insensibility of the earth, and the passion and perishing of mankind.

Whenever I did anything wrong, stupid or hard-hearted, and I have done many things that were all three, my mother always said "it is because you were too much indulged."

Pleasure comes through toil, and not by self indulgence and indolence. When one gets to love work, his life is a happy one.

Ship of the line is the most honourable thing that man, as a gregarious animal, has ever produced.

Cursing is invoking the assistance of a spirit to help you inflict suffering. Swearing on the other hand, is invoking, only the witness of a spirit to an statement you wish to make.