It Matters Infinitely Less What We Do

The Sick-room Becomes The Scene Of Intense Convictions; And Among These, None, It Seems To Me, Is More Distinct And Powerful Than That Of The Permanent Nature Of Good, And The Transient Nature Of Evil.

You Had Better Live Your Best And Act Your Best And Think Your Best Today; For Today Is The Sure Preparation For Tomorrow And All The Other Tomorrows That Follow.

[i] Wish That The Land-tax Went A Little More According To Situation Than It Does. 'tis Really Ridiculous, How One Has To Pay Five Times As Much As Another, Without Any Reason That Ever I Heard Tell.

I Hope And Believe My Co-religionists Understand And Admit That I Disclaim Their Theology In Toto, And That By No Twisting Of Language Or Darkening Of Its Meanings Can I Be Made To Have Any Thing Whatever In Common With Them About Religious Matters... They Must Take My Word For It That There Is Nothing In Common Between Their Theology And My Philosophy.

Authorship Has Never Been With Me A Matter Of Choice. I Have Not Done It For Amusement, Or For Money, Or For Fame, Or For Any Reason But Because I Could Not Help It.