I am positive I have a soul; nor can all the books with which materialists have pestered the world ever convince me to the contrary.

Did ever woman, since the creation of the world, interrupt a man with such a silly question?

Look into the world--how often do you behold a sordid wretch, whose straight heart is open to no man's affliction, taking shelterbehind an appearance of piety, and putting on the garb of religion, which none but the merciful and compassionate have a title to wear.

The more tickets you have in a lottery, the worse your chance. And it is the same of virtues, in the lottery of life.

I am persuaded that every time a man smiles - but much more so when he laughs - it adds something to this fragment of life.

When the affections so kindly break loose, Joy, is another name for Religion.

Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.