Never argue. In society nothing must be; give only results. If any person differs from you, bow, and turn the conversation.

The Athanasian Creed is the most splendid ecclesiastical lyric ever poured forth by the genius of man.

The very phrase 'foreign affairs' makes an Englishman convinced that I am about to treat of subjects with which he has no concern.

In all church discussions we are apt to forget the second Testament is avowedly only a supplement. Jesus came to complete the law and the prophets. Christianity is completed Judaism, or it is nothing. Christianity is incomprehensible without Judaism, as Judaism is incomplete without Christianity.

Proverbs were anterior to boots, and formed the wisdom of the vulgar, and in the earliest ages were the unwritten laws of morality.

All my successes have been built on my failures.

I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?