Study with desire is real activity; without desire it is but the semblance and mockery of activity.

In cases where every thing is understood, and measured, and reduced to rule, love is out of the question.

Hereditary wealth is in reality a premium paid to idleness.

The subtleties of mathematics defecate the grossness of our apprehension, and supply the elements of a sounder and severer logic.

The wise man is satisfied with nothing.

A celebrated north country apostle, who, after Calvin had damned ninety-nine in a hundred of mankind, had contrived a scheme for damning ninety-nine in a hundred of the followers of Calvin.

It is absurd to expect the inclinations and wishes of two human beings to coincide, through any long period of time. To oblige them to act and live together is to subject them to some inevitable potion of thwarting, bickering, and unhappiness.