Every man's religion is his own, and nobody else's business.

A brave man is sometimes a desperado: a bully is always a coward.

A man is never astonished that he doesn't know what another does, but he is surprised at the gross ignorance of the other in not knowing what he does.

Hope is a pleasant acquaintance, but an unsafe friend, not the man for your banker, though he may do for a traveling companion.