A believer is a bird in a cage, a freethinker is an eagle parting the clouds with tireless wing

In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds.

Were I a cloud I'd gather My skirts up in the air, And fly well know whither, And rest I well know where.

Homes make patriots. He who has sat by his own fireside with wife and children will defend it. Few men have been patriotic enough to shoulder a musket in defense of a boarding house. The prosperity and glory of our country depend upon the number of people who are the owners of homes.

These contradictions are gross and palpable and demonstrate that the New Testament is not inspired, and that many of its statements must be false

If I owe Smith ten dollars and God forgives me, that doesn't pay Smith.