"And are we not to use our reason? Unquestionably. But no more than we are to use our hands or feet. We are to use it as a servant, not as a master."

"I will not speak to you as a Methodist, but as a man of common sense."

"I desire to have but one thing in view, to please God."

"I have often thought, that if I were to choose a companion to travel with, it should be one that would talk little."

"The more I see of the working of the present government, the more I am convinced that they are ripe for destruction."