"But the soul is a sort of intensely black pearl, which, though glimmering sometimes with an awful resplendence, is yet oftenest incrusted with an unbearable scurf."

"The great God absolute! The centre and circumference of all democracy! His omnipresence, our divine equality!"

"The strongest of all arguments, in favor of the present constitution of government, is, that though it be not the best possible, yet it is better than any other."

"There are some queer times in this world."

"Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian."