"Tears may soothe the wounds they cannot..." - Quote by Thomas Paine

“I bring reason to your ears, and, in language as plain as ABC, hold up truth to your eyes.”

“Man did not enter society to be worse off, or to have fewer rights, but rather to have those rights better secured”

“To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.”

“It might seem as the hardest thing to do, but you have to forget the guy who forgot about you.”

“...when pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure.”

“What hurts you, blesses you. Darkness is your candle.”

“He listened to her with silent attention, and on her ceasing to speak, rose directly from his seat, and after saying in a voice of emotion, 'To your sister I wish all imaginable happiness; to Willoughby, that he may endeavor to deserve her,' took leave, and went away.”

“Reason is a very light rider, and easily shook off.”

“When I am in trouble, eating is the only thing that consoles me. Indeed, as any one who knows me intimately will tell you, I refuse everything except food and drink. At the present moment I am eating muffins because I am unhappy. Besides, I am particularly fond of muffins.”