| James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899. | | | | B. R. Haydon |
| | | Christ left us not a system of logic, but a few simple truths. | 1 |
| Danger is the very basis of superstition. It produces a searching after help supernaturally when human means are no longer supposed to be available. | 2 |
| Evil is generally committed under the hope of some advantage the pursuit of virtue seldom obtains. | 3 |
| Genius in poverty is never feared, because Nature, though liberal in her gifts in one instance, is forgetful in another. | 4 |
| He who wants any help or prop, in addition to the internal evidences of its truth for his belief, never was and never will be a Christian. | 5 |
| How difficult it is to get men to believe that any other man can or does act from disinterestedness. | 6 |
| It is better to make friends than adversaries of a conquered race. | 7 |
| Love and death are the two great hinges on which all human sympathies turn. | 8 |
| Never disregard what your enemies say. | 9 |
| Nothing is difficult; it is only we who are indolent. | 10 |
| Some persons are so devotional they have not one bit of true religion in them. | 11 |
| The first proof of a man’s incapacity for anything is his endeavouring to fix the stigma of failure upon others. | 12 |
| What is life but the choice of that good which contains the least of evil! | 13 | | |
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