The opinion of all lawyers, the unanimous cry of the nation, and the good of the state, are in themselves a law.

How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted.

If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him; let us worship God through Jesus if we must - if ignorance has so far prevailed that this name can still be spoken in all seriousness without being taken as a synonym for rapine and carnage. Every sensible man, every honourable man, must hold the Christian sect in horror.

What will the preachers say? .. to teach men not to persecute men: for, while a few sanctimonious humbugs are burning a few fanatics, the earth opens and swallows up all alike.

The tyranny of the many would be when one body takes over the rights of others, and then exercises its power to change the laws in its favor.

Will is wish, and liberty is power.

He who cannot shine by thought, seeks to bring himself into notice by a witticism.