The Athanasian Creed is the most splendid ecclesiastical lyric ever poured forth by the genius of man.
Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
The tone and tendency of liberalism...is to attack the institutions of the country under the name of reform and to make war on the manners and customs of the people under the pretext of progress.
What appear to be calamities are often the sources of fortune.
The world is a wheel, and it will all come round right.
The more you are talked about the less powerful you are.