He who calls in the aid of an equal understanding doubles his own; and he who profits by a superior understanding raises his powers to a level with the height of the superior standing he unites with.

Religion is the basis of civil society, and the source of all good and of all comfort.

I do not know how to wish success to those whose Victory is to separate from us a large and noble part of our Empire. Still less do I wish success to injustice, oppression and absurdity.

He only deserves to be remembered by posterity who treasures up and preserves the history of his ancestors.

But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.

The concessions of the weak are the concessions of fear.

When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.