A merely fallen enemy may rise again, but the reconciled one is truly vanquished.

The rich become richer and the poor become poorer is a cry heard throughout the whole civilized world.

It may here be justly said, that genuine morality is preserved only in the school of adversity, and a state of continuous prosperity may easily prove a quicksand to virtue.

One drop of hatred left in the cup of joy turns the most blissful draught into poison.

The universe is a thought of God.

The world's history is constant, like the laws of nature, and simple, like the souls of men. The same conditions continually produce the same results.

The history of the world is the world's court of justice.