Man will rise, if God by exception lends him a hand; he will rise by abandoning and renouncing his own means, and letting himselfbe raised and uplifted by purely celestial means.

I want death to find me planting my cabbages.

Love to his soul gave eyes; he knew things are not as they seem. The dream is his real life; the world around him is the dream.

There is nothing useless in nature; not even uselessness itself

Persons of mean understandings, not so inquisitive, nor so well instructed, are made good Christians, and by reverence and obedience, implicity believe, and abide by their belief.

There never were, in the world, two opinions alike, no more than two hairs, or two grains; the most universal quality is diversity.

There is no man so good, who, were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to the laws, would not deserve hanging ten times in his life.