The mob is man voluntarily descending to the nature of the beast. Its fit hour of activity is night. Its actions are insane like its whole constitution. It persecutes a principle; it would whip a right; it would tar and feather justice, by inflicting fire and outrage upon the houses and persons of those who have these. It resembles the prank of boys, who run with fire-engines to put out the ruddy aurora streaming to the stars.

The only thing grief has taught me is to know how shallow it is.

The machine unmakes the man. Now that the machine is so perfect, the engineer is nobody.

Most people, who have quit smoking, have had at least one unsuccessful try in the past. It is not important how many times you try to quit. The only important thing is, that eventually you stay quit

To eat bread is one thing; to love the precepts of Christ and resolve to obey them is quite another.

The true doctrine of omnipresence is, that God reappears with all his parts in every moss and cobweb.

If I am the devil's child, I will live then, by the devil.