“It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.”

“Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.”

“Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.”

“In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing.”

“Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven, the best to hell.”

“An honest God is the noblest work of man.”