“I will not through humility become the devil's attorney”

“Humility like darkness reveals the heavenly lights.”

“God is alone,-but the devil, he is far from being alone; he sees a great deal of company; he is legion.”

“They who suspect a Mephistophiles, or sneering, satirical devil, under all, have not learned the secret of true humor, which sympathizes with gods themselves, in view of their grotesque, half-finished creatures.”

“Perhaps this was the first instance of that quiet way of "speaking for" a place not yet occupied, or at least not improved as much as it may be, which their descendants have practised, and are still practising so extensively. Not Any seems to have been the sole proprietor of all America before the Yankees [...] At any rate, I know that if you hold a thing unjustly, there will surely be the devil to pay at last.”

“Men have become the tools of their tools.”

“The thoughtful man becomes a hermit in the thoroughfares of the marketplace.”