"To establish any mode to abolish war, however advantageous it might be to Nations, would be to take from such Government the most lucrative of its branches."

"Persecution is not an original feature in any religion but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law."

"Time makes more converts than reason."

"War involves in its progress such a train of unforeseen circumstances that no human wisdom can calculate the end it has but one thing certain, and that is to increase taxes."

"Love is the bridge that unites two souls across the chasms of mortal solitude. Remember this in moments of decisive trial — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss of himself."

"People praise virtue, but they hate it, they run away from it. It freezes you to death, and in this world you've got to keep your feet warm."

"It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live."