Men live by intervals of reason under the sovereignty of humor and passion.

To say that a thing has never yet been done among men is to erect a barrier stronger than reason, stronger than discussion

Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.

Thus we are men and we know not how: there is something in us that can be without us, and will be after us.

Now, Sir, it is impossible for serious men, to whom God has given the divine gift of reason, and who employs that reason to reverence and adore the God that gave it, it is I say, impossible for such a man to put confidence in a book that abounds with

Think it more satisfactory to live richly than die rich.