The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.

Let the mind be enlarged... to the grandeur of the mysteries, and not the mysteries contracted to the narrowness of the mind

Libraries are as the shrine where all the relics of the ancient saints, full of true virtue, and that without delusion or imposture, are preserved and reposed.

Hurl your calumnies boldly; something is sure to stick.

In every great time there is some one idea at work which is more powerful than any other, and which shapes the events of the time and determines their ultimate issues.

... wife and children are a kind of discipline of humanity.

The noblest works and foundations have proceeded from childless men, which have sought to express the images of their minds where those of their bodies have failed.