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.

The loss of a beloved connection awakens an interest in Heaven before unfelt.

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.

God has created too few unmixed evils to warrant the belief that death is one of them. In all things else in nature, goodness so abounds that we are authorized to infer that it does not stop even at the grave. It is only that her footprints have become invisible.

The greatest events of an age are its best thoughts. Thought finds its way into action.

A mother is the best friend God ever gave.

Wine is a treacherous friend who you must always be on guard for.