Honesty and wisdom are such a delightful pastime, at another person's expense!

'What is the Unpardonable Sin' asked the lime-burner 'It is a sin that grew within my own breast', replied Ethan Brand 'The sin of an intellect that triumphed over the sense of brotherhood with man and reverence for God'.

Now are ye undeceived. Evil is the nature of mankind. Evil must be your only happiness. Welcome again, my children, to the communion of your race.

A man's bewilderment is the measure of his wisdom.

The moment when a man's head drops off is seldom or never, I am inclined to think, precisely the most agreeable of his life.

I find myself at the extremity of a long beach. How gladly does the spirit leap forth, and suddenly enlarge its sense of being to the full extent of the broad, blue, sunny deep! A greeting and a homage to the Sea! I descend over its margin, and dip my hand into the wave that meets me, and bathe my brow. That far-resounding roar is the Ocean’s voice of welcome. His salt breath brings a blessing along with it.

Cannot you conceive that another man may wish well to the world and struggle for its good on some other plan than precisely that which you have laid down?