"Our Lord has written the promise of the resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime."

"The assembly of his greased and religious crew in praying was altogether like the croaking of frogs, which edified nothing at all."

"I am a man of contention, and I thank God for it."

"I have been so busy with writing that I have not had time to pray."

"I am but a man prone to let himself be swept off his feet by society, drunkenness, and the movements of the flesh."