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

Yourself a newborn bard of the Holy Ghost, cast behind you all conformity, and acquaint men at first hand with Deity.

A man is known by the books he reads.

I count him a great man who inhabits a higher sphere of thought, into which other men rise with labor and difficulty; he has but to open his eyes to see things in a true light, and in large relations; whilst they must make painful corrections, and keep a vigilant eye on many sources of error.

I hate to be defended in a newspaper. As long as all that is said is said against me, I feel a certain assurance of success. But as soon as honeyed words of praise are spoken for me, I feel as one that lies unprotected before his enemies.

Teaching is the perpetual end and office of all things. Teaching, instruction is the main design that shines through the sky and earth.

The visible heavens and earth sympathize with Jesus.