Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.
God is always on the side of the heaviest battalions.
It is the triumph of superior reason to live with folks who don't have any.
Every man can educate himself. It's shameful to put one's mind into the hands of those whom you wouldn't entrust with your money. Dare to think for yourself.
One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose.
The Deluge: A punishment inflicted on the human race by an all-knowing God, who, through not having foreseen the wickedness of men, repented of having made them, and drowned them once for all to make them better - an act which, as we all know, was accompanied by the greatest success.