"I have often thought, that the best way to do good, is to do it as if you were doing it for yourself."

"It is a poor religion that consists in negatives only."

"I have been reading a book of travels. I do not know when I have been so much amused. It is a pity that so few of our travellers write like rational creatures."

"I have often thought, that if I were to choose a book to read, it should be the Bible."

"I deny that I am an enthusiast in the common sense of the word. I am no visionary. I do not pretend to any new revelations, to any extraordinary gifts of the Holy Ghost, to any particular inspiration,…"