One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose.

It is proved...that things cannot be other than they are, for since everything was made for a purpose, it follows that everything is made for the best purpose.

When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the morning light, for your life and strength. Give thanks for your food, and the joy of living. Tecumseh Appreciation is a wonderful thing; it makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.

Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity.

Doubt is uncomfortable, certainty is ridiculous.

Happiness is not the portion of man.

The Bible. That is what fools have written, what imbeciles commend, what rogues teach and young children are made to learn by heart.