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.

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

The great model of the affection of love in human beings is the sentiment which subsists between parents and children.

The virtue of a human being is the application of his capacity to the general good.

My mind was bursting with depression and anguish. I muttered imprecations and murmuring as I passed along. I was full of loathing and abhorrence of life, and all that life carries in its train.

We cannot perform our tasks to the best of our power, unless we think well of our own capacity.

Perfectibility is one of the most unequivocal characteristics of the human species.