Orthodoxy cannot afford to put out the fires of hell.

To hate man and worship God seems to be the sum of all the creeds.

We are not accountable for the sins of "Adam".

Eternal punishment must be eternal cruelty, and I do not see how any man, unless he has the brain of an idiot, or the heart of a wild beast, can believe in eternal punishment.

It is perfectly delightful to take advantage of the conscientious labors of those who go through and through volume after volume, divide with infinite patience the gold from the dross, and present us with the pure and shining coin. Such men may be likened to bees who save us numberless journeys by giving us the fruit of their own.

Good nature is the cheapest commodity in the world, and love is the only thing that will pay ten percent to both borrower and lender.

The ideas of right and wrong change with the experience of the race, and this change is wrought by the gradual ascertaining of consequences - of results.