Insanity destroys reason, but not wit.

Death stamps the characters and conditions of men for eternity. - As death finds them in this world, so will they be in the next.

Any fact is better established by two or three good testimonies than by a thousand arguments.

It is easy to learn something about everything, but difficult to learn everything about anything.

One principal reason why men are so often useless is that they neglect their own profession or calling, and divide and shift their attention among a multitude of objects and pursuits.

You ask if we shall know our friends in heaven. - Do you suppose we are greater fools there than here?

Steady, patient, persevering thinking will generally surmount every obstacle in search of truth.