A fool must now and then be right, by chance

Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.

It is a terrible thought, that nothing is ever forgotten; that not an oath is ever uttered that does not continue to vibrate through all times, in the wide spreading current of sound; that not a prayer is lisped, that its record is not to be found st

My soul is sick with every day's report of wrong and outrage with which earth is filled.

I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?

Happy the man who sees a God employed in all the good and ills that checker life.

Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything. The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.