Society has really no graver interest than the well-being of the literary class.

As there is a use in medicine for poisons, so the world cannot move without rogues.

I do not see how a barbarous community and a civilized community can constitute a state. I think we must get rid of slavery or we must get rid of freedom.

To fill the hour; that is happiness to fill the hour, and leave no crevice for a repentance or an approval.

So shall we come to look at the world with new eyes.

A man in the wrong may more easily be convinced than one half right.

Say thank you! I want to hear you say it now. Out loud. 'Thank you.' You're saying thank you because your faith is so strong that you don't doubt that whatever the problem, you'll get through it. You're saying thank you because you know that even in the eye of the storm, God has put a rainbow in the clouds. You're saying thank you because you know there's no problem created that can compare to the Creator of all things. Say thank you!