All the religions known in the world are founded, so far as they relate to man or the unity of man, as being all of one degree. Whether in heaven or in hell, or in whatever state man may be supposed to exist hereafter, the good and the bad are the only distinctions.

The people of America are a people of property; almost every man is a freeholder.

The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence from Jerusalem of a lunatic asylum.

It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies.

The cunning of the fox is as murderous as the violence of the wolf.

The state of a king shuts him from the world, yet the business of a king requires him to know it thoroughly.

It is important that we should never lose sight of this distinction. We must not confuse the peoples with their governments.