"The people who are most difficult to love are often the ones who need it the most."

"A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one; it comes as sincerely from the author’s soul."

"Man is an animal that makes promises and breaks them."

"I am, in point of fact, a particularly freakish specimen."

"The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and to have the two as close together as possible."