"In creeds never was such levity; witness the heathenism in Christianity, the periodic "revivals," the Millennium mathematics, the peacock ritualism, the retrogression to Popery, the maundering of Mormons, the squalor of Mesmerism, the deliration of."
"The pest of society are the egotist, they are dull and bright, sacred and profane, course and fine. It is a disease that like the flu falls on all constitutions"
"The future belongs to those who prepare for it."
"Character is higher than intellect."
"Why should we be cowed by the name of Action?...The rich mind lies in the sun and sleeps, and is Nature. To think is to act."
"A man is known by the books he reads."
"Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles."
"Beauty is the mark God sets on virtue."
"The only sin we never forgive each other is difference of opinion."
"One definition of man is ''an intelligence served by organs."