The wise only possess ideas; the greater part of mankind are possessed by them.

The devil is not, indeed, perfectly humorous, but that is only because he is the extreme of all humor.

Alone, Alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide wide sea! And never saint took pity on My soul in agony

Veracity does not consist in saying, but in the intention of communicating the truth.

Every human feeling is greater and larger than its exciting cause-a proof, I think, that man is designed for a higher state of existence.

How deep a wound to morals and social purity has that accursed article of the celibacy of the clergy been! Even the best and most enlightened men in Romanist countries attach a notion of impurity to the marriage of a clergyman. And can such a feeling be without its effect on the estimation of the wedded life in general? Impossible! and the morals of both sexes in Spain, Italy, France, and. prove it abundantly.

Talk of the devil, and his horns appear.