There are some men formed with feelings so blunt that they can hardly be said to be awake during the whole course of their lives.

Dogs are indeed the most social, affectionate, and amiable animals of the whole brute creation.

Nothing, indeed, but the possession of some power can with any certainty discover what at the bottom is the true character of any man.

By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.

No sound ought to be heard in the church but the healing voice of Christian charity.

If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude that to be good from whence good is derived.

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.