As the greatest liar tells more truths than falsehoods, so may it be said of the worst man, that he does more good than evil.

Lectures were once useful; but now when all can read, and books are so numerous, lectures are unnecessary.

Men know that women are an overmatch for them, and therefore they choose the weakest or the most ignorant. If they did not think so, they never could be afraid of women knowing as much as themselves.

To excite opposition and inflame malevolence is the unhappy privilege of courage made arrogant by consciousness of strength.

One of the most pernicious effects of haste is obscurity.

There is in this world no real delight (excepting those of sensuality), but exchange of ideas in conversation.

Repentance, however difficult to be practiced, is, if it be explained without superstition, easily understood. Repentance is the relinquishment of any practice from the conviction that it has offended God.