Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge, and dares to forgive an injury.

The brightest crowns that are worn in heaven have been tried, and smelted, and polished and glorified through the furnaces of tribulation.

Bigotry dwarfs the soul by shutting out the truth.

Liberty is an old fact; it has had its heroes and its martyrs in almost every age. As I look back through the vista of centuries, I can see no end of the ranks of those who have toiled and suffered in its cause, and who wear upon their breasts its stars of the legion of honor.

Whatever may be our condition in life, it is better to lay hold of its advantages than to count its evils.

Death is the condition of higher and more fruitful life.

Certainly, truth should be strenuous and bold; but the strongest things are not always the noisiest, as any one may see who compares scolding with logic.