The destroyer of weeds, thistles, and thorns is a benefactor whether he soweth grain or not.

The churches have no confidence in each other. Why? Because they are acquainted with each other.

Epithets are not arguments. Abuse does not persuade.

Truth is the mother of joy. Truth civilizes, ennobles and purifies. The grandest ambition that can enter the soul is to know the truth.

A believer is a bird in a cage, a freethinker is an eagle parting the clouds with tireless wing.

I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot. Men are not superior by reason of accidents of race or color. They are superior who have the best heart-the best brain.

I do not believe in loving enemies; I have pretty hard work to love my friends. Neither do I believe in revenge. No man can afford to keep the viper of revenge in his heart. But I believe in justice, in self-defense.