All men plume themselves on the improvement of society, and no man improves.

Goodness that preaches undoes itself.

Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage.

We want a state of things in which crime will not pay, a state of things which allows every man the largest liberty compatible with the liberty of every other man.

The arts and inventions of each period are only its costume, and do not invigorate men.

God knows that all sorts of gentlemen knock at the door; but whenever used in strictness and with any emphasis, the name will be found to point at original energy.

The cure for false theology is motherwit. Forget your books and traditions, and obey your moral perceptions at this hour.