Power Is Not Alluring To Pure Minds.

Of Publishing A Book On Religion, My Dear Sir, I Never Had An Idea. I Should As Soon Think Of Writing For The Reformation Of Bedlam, As Of The World Of Religious Sects. Of These There Must Be, At Least, Ten Thousand, Every Individual Of Every One Of Which Believes All Wrong But His Own.

Paul Was The First Corrupter Of The Doctrines Of Jesus.

An Honest Man Can Feel No Pleasure In The Exercise Of Power Over His Fellow Citizens . . . There Has Never Been A Moment Of My Life In Which I Should Have Relinquished For It The Enjoyments Of My Family, My Farm, My Friends And Books.

A Superintending Power To Maintain The Universe In Its Course And Order.

The Ordinary Affairs Of A Nation Offer Little Difficulty To A Person Of Any Experience.