That which lies before the human race is a constant struggle to maintain and improve, in opposition to State of Nature, the State of Art of an organized polity; in which, and by which, man may develop a worthy civilization

Extinguished theologians lie about the cradle of every science as the strangled snakes beside that of Hercules; and history records that whenever science and orthodoxy have been fairly opposed, the latter has been forced to retire from the lists, bleeding and crushed if not annihilated; scotched, if not slain.

The Bible account of the creation of Eve is a preposterous fable.

There is no greater mistake than the hasty conclusion that opinions are worthless because they are badly argued.

Action is the catalyst that creates accomplishments. It is the path that takes us from uncrafted hopes to realized dreams.

Time, whose tooth gnaws away everything else, is powerless against truth.

Friendship involves many things but, above all the power of going outside oneself and appreciating what is noble and loving in another.