Men will wrangle for religion; write for it; fight for it; die for it; anything but live for it.

Bigotry murders religion to frighten fools, with her ghost

In religion as in politics it so happens that we have less charity for those who believe half our creed, than for those who deny the whole of it

In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Our incomes should be like our shoes; if too small, they will gall and pinch us; but if too large, they will cause us to stumble and to trip.