A rude nature is worse than a brute nature by so much more as man is better than a beast: and those that are of civil natures and genteel dispositions are as much nearer to celestial creatures as those that are rude and cruel are to devils.
For more than three thousand years men have quarreled concerning the formulas of their faith.
As a singer, I might have fallen among thieves. I wonder if I'd still be alive by now.

