You had that action and counteraction which, in the natural and in the political world, from the reciprocal struggle of discordant powers draws out the harmony of the universe.

There never was a bad man that had ability for good service.

Religious persecution may shield itself under the guise of a mistaken and over-zealous piety.

Greater mischief happens often from folly, meanness, and vanity than from the greater sins of avarice and ambition.

Water and oil, simply considered, are capable of giving some pleasure to the taste. Water, when simple, is insipid, inodorous, colorless, and smooth; it is found, when not cold, to be a great resolver of spasms, and lubricator of the fibres; this power it probably owes to its smoothness.

Good order is the foundation of all things.

Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.