“He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend- provided of course he really is dead.”

“the women are never at a loss, God provides for them, let us run.”

“I have no more than twenty acres of ground," he replied, "the whole of which I cultivate myself with the help of my children; and our labor keeps off from us the three great evils - boredom, vice, and want.”

“He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.”

“but whether he be, or whether he be not, I want bread.”

“What can you say to a man who tells you he prefers obeying God rather than men, and that as a result he's certain he'll go to heaven if he cuts your throat?”

“when man was put into the garden of eden, he was put there with the idea that he should work the land; and this proves that man was not born to be idle.”