Not in vain has Lincoln lived, for he has helped to make this republic an example of justice, with no caste but the caste of humanity.

The prejudices of ignorance are more easily removed than the prejudices of interest; the first are blindly adopted; the second wilfully preferred.

Conscience is the mirror of our souls, which represents the errors of our lives in their full shape.

The friendship between me and you I will not compare to a chain; for that the rains might rust, or the falling tree might break.

Libraries collect the works of genius of every language and every age.

Where the people possess no authority, their rights obtain no respect.

Dishonesty is so grasping it would deceive God himself, were it possible.