What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man.

Old religious factions are volcanoes burned out; on the lava and ashes and squalid scoriae of old eruptions grow the peaceful olive, the cheering vine and the sustaining corn.

The only infallible criterion of wisdom to vulgar minds - success.

Many of the greatest tyrants on the records of history have begun their reigns in the fairest manner. But the truth is, this unnatural power corrupts both the heart and the understanding.

A coward's courage is in his tongue.

Oppression makes wise men mad; but the distemper is still the madness of the wise, which is better than the sobriety of fools.

In history, a great volume is unrolled for our instruction, drawing the materials of future wisdom from the past errors and infirmities of mankind.