Religion which lays so many restraints upon us, is a troublesome companion to those who will lay no restraints upon themselves.

Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.

A good simile,--as concise as a king's declaration of love.

I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it.

Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest.

Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave; it is not in his nature.

The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it.

There is nothing so awkward as courting a woman whilst she is making sausages.

Freethinkers are generally those who never think at all.

Keyholes are the occasions of more sin and wickedness, than all other holes in this world put together.

So much of motion, is so much of life, and so much of joy, and to stand still, or get on but slowly, is death and the devil.

Up till recently 75% of all inventions from the time of the industrial revolution is credited to the countries where Protestant ethics were taught

My madness is instigating me to join the club of billionaires.

The internet is just a passing fad.

We must consider teaching the Egyptian revolution in schools.

Love is the child of freedom, never that of domination.

I dont sit well. I like to move around as I talk.

Living a life of faith means never knowing where you are being led.

There is no universal template that can be applied to everybody. So everyone kind of enter the process in their own way, on their own time.

The passions are the winds which fill the sails of the vessel; they sink it at times, but without them it would be impossible to make way.

I knew the whistle of each of the river boats on the Tennessee.