It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.

It is some compensation for great evils, that they enforce great lessons.

A better principle than this, that "the majority shall rule," is this other, that justice shall rule. "Justice," says the code of Justinian, "is the constant and perpetual desire to render every man his due.

Rejecting the miracles of Christ, we still have the miracle of Christ Himself.

As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue.

It may almost be held that the hope of commercial gain has done nearly as much for the cause of truth as even the love of truth.

Judicious praise is to children what the sun is to flowers.