The real use of gunpowder is to make all men tall.

No iron chain, or outward force of any kind, can ever compel the soul of a person to believe or to disbelieve.

Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely, they would spin for ever on their axis, advancing nowhere.

By nature man hates change; seldom will he quit his old home till it has actually fallen around his ears.

Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard work, how much less a nation.

There is but one temple in this Universe: The Body. We speak to God whenever we lay our hands upon it.

I call that [Book of Job], apart from all theories about it, one of the grandest things ever written with pen.