Hence, dear delusion, sweet enchantment hence! - Horace Smith and James Smith,

That possession was the strongest tenure of the law.

Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.

One of the best ways of enslaving a people is to keep them from education... The second way of enslaving a people is to suppress the sources of information, not only by burning books but by controlling all the other ways in which ideas are transmitted.

Nature... She pardons no mistakes. Her yea is yea, and her nay, nay.

The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.

Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than by the arguments of its opponents.

Wooing the press is an exercise roughly akin to picnicking with a tiger. You might enjoy the meal, but the tiger always eats last.

All change is a miracle to contemplate; but it is a miracle which is taking place every second.

Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.

Half the truth is often a great lie.

Prudence must not be expected from a man who is never sober.

Politics makes strange bed fellows.

A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience.

Friends depart, and memory takes them To her caverns, pure and deep.

To wish to be well is a part of becoming well.

The best theology is rather a divine life than a divine knowledge.

The quantity of books in a person's library, is often a cloud of witnesses to the ignorance of the owner.

If he was any slower, he'd be going in reverse.

he put me in stitches (made me laugh).