"Take all that you can of this book upon reason, and the balance on faith, and you will live and die a happier man. (When a skeptic expressed surprise to see him reading a Bible)"
"It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him."
"Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be."
"All I have learned, I learned from books."
"Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?"
"Get books, sit yourself down anywhere, and go to reading them yourself."