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

It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge.

What would constitute useful history? That which should teach us our duties and our rights, without appearing to teach them.

Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors.

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.

Life is bristling with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to cultivate one's garden.

No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.