A mere index hunter, who held the eel of science by the tail.

Some folks are wise and some are otherwise.

I think for my part one half of the nation is mad - and the other not very sound.

One wit, like a knuckle of ham in soup, gives a zest and flavour to the dish, but more than one serves only to spoil the pottage.

The capital is become an overgrown monster; which, like a dropsical head, will in time leave the body and extremities without nourishment and support.

Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.

Opposition is the very spur of love.

Thy spirit, Independence, let me share! Lord of the lion-heart and eagle-eye thy steps I follow with my bosom bare, nor heed the storm that howls along the sky.

Glory is the child of peril.

Writing is all a lottery -- I have been a loser by the works of the greatest men of the age.

And hearts resolved and hands prepared The blessings they enjoy to guard.

LIFE IS LIKE A FRESH DAY, DEATH IS THE NIGHT WHEN THE DAY ENDS.

A man does not have to be an angel to be a saint.

I respect the rights of those who do not share my beliefs, but to teach my faith to my children and to share it with anyone who will listen - that is my right, too.

I was shocked at the anger toward me.

Try to reason about love, and you will lose your reason.

Nowhere does Jesus hear our prayers more readily than in the Blessed Sacrament

Many who have learned from Hesiod the countless names of gods and monsters never understand that night and day are one

When rock music came in, I wasn't bitter about it. I was puzzled.

I seat myself at the typewriter and hope, and lurk.

The absolutist trumpets his plain vision; the relativist sees only someone who is unaware of his own spectacles.