The Church has always been willing to swap off treasures in heaven for cash down.

Commerce makes friends, religion makes enemies; the one enriches, and the other impoverishes; the one thrives best where the truth is told, the other where falsehoods are believed.

Strange but true: those who have loved God most have loved men least.

Give me the storm and tempest of thought and action, rather than the dead calm of ignorance and faith! Banish me from Eden when you will; but first let me eat of the fruit of the tree of knowledge!

In the presence of death I affirm and reaffirm the truth of all that I have said against the superstitions of the world. I would say that much on the subject with my last breath.

I would rather be a beggar and spend my money like a king, than be a king and spend money like a beggar.

Every flower about a house certifies to the refinement of somebody. Every vine climbing and blossoming tells of love and joy