"Sing lustily and with a good courage. Beware of singing as if you were half dead, or half asleep; but lift up your voice with strength."

"I have often wished, that all the books in the world were burnt, except the Bible."

"I am never solitary, for I am never alone."

"I conceive slavery to be such a thing as is odious to the God of love."

"The first thing that I would advise you to do, is, to get a clear and distinct notion of the state of the world."