A simple democracy is the devil's own government.

Mania's premonitory signs are unusual acts of extravagance, manifested by the purchase of houses, and certain expensive and unnecessary articles of furniture.

I have always considered Christianity as the strong ground of republicanism.

In Macbeth a lady is restrained from the murder of a king by his resemblance of her father as he slept. Should not all men be restrained from acts of violence and even of unkindness against their fellow men by observing in them something which resembles the Savior of the World? If nothing else certainly, a human figure?

Now if the study of the Scriptures be necessary to our happiness at any time in our life, the sooner we begin to read them, the more we shall be attached to them.

The art of healing is like an unroofed temple, uncovered at the top and cracked at the foundation.

Patriotism is as much a virtue as justice, and is as necessary for the support of societies as natural affection is for the support of families.