The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise, is gone!

True religion is the foundation of society. When that is once shaken by contempt, the whole fabric cannot be stable nor lasting.

But whoever is a genuine follower of Truth, keeps his eye steady upon his guide, indifferent whither he is led, provided that she is the leader.

Where mystery begins religion ends.

Facts are to the mind what food is to the body. On the due digestion of the former depend the strength and wisdom of the one, just as vigor and health depend on the other. The wisest in council, the ablest in debate, and the most agreeable companion in the commerce of human life, is that man who has assimilated to his understanding the greatest number of facts.

People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.

Is it in destroying and pulling down that skill is displayed? The shallowest understanding, the rudest hand, is more than equal to that task.