Of the thousands who have paid homage to virtue, barely one has thought to inspect the pedestal on which it stands.

Pets, like their owners, tend to expand a little over the Christmas period.

Equality is the soul of liberty; there is, in fact, no liberty without it.

If we bring not the good courage of minds covetous of truth, and truth only, prepared to hear all things, and decide upon all things, according to evidence, we should do more wisely to sit down contented in ignorance, than to bestir ourselves only to reap disappointment.

The existing principle of selfish interest and competition has been carried to its extreme point; and, in its progress, has isolated the heart of man, blunted the edge of his finest sensibilities, and annihilated all his most generous impulses and sympathies.

These will vary in every human being; but knowledge is the same for every mind, and every mind may and ought to be trained to receive it.

Moral truth, resting entirely upon the ascertained consequences of actions, supposes a process of observation and reasoning.