Precisely in proportion to our own intellectual weakness will be our credulity as to those mysterious powers assumed by others.

It is not so difficult a task to plant new truths, as to root out old errors; for there is this paradox in men, they run after that which is new, but are prejudiced in favor of that which is old.

Women that are the least bashful are often the most modest.

It is always easy to shut a book, but not quite so easy to get rid of a lettered coxcomb.

The science of legislation is like that of medicine in one respect: that it is far more easy to point out what will do harm than what will do good.

Like the rainbow, peace rests upon the earth, but its arch is lost in heaven. Heaven bathes it in hues of light--it springs up amid tears and clouds--it is a reflection of the eternal sun--it is an assurance of calm--it is the sign of a great covenant between God and man--it is an emanation from the distant orb of immortal light.

Let us not be too prodigal when we are young, nor too parsimonious when we are old. Otherwise we shall fall into the common error of those, who, when they had the power to enjoy, had not the prudence to acquire; and when they had the prudence to acquire, had no longer the power to enjoy.