The present is the necessary product of all the past, the necessary cause of all the future.

Death is only perfect rest.

I cannot see why we should expect an infinite God to do better in another world than he does in this.

I will follow my logic, no matter where it goes, after it has consulted with my heart. If you ever come to a conclusion without calling the heart in, you will come to a bad conclusion.

The history of the world shows that when a mean thing was done, man did it; when a good thing was done, man did it.

If there be an infinite Being, he does not need our help - we need not waste our energies in his defense.

To the wise man, to the wise nation, the mistakes of the past are the torches of the present.