If reason is a universal faculty, the decision of the common mind is the nearest criterion of truth.

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.

The measure of progress of civilization is the progress of the people.

The charities of life are scattered everywhere, enameling the vales of human beings as the flowers paint the meadows. They are not the fruit of study, nor the privilege of refinement, but a natural instinct.

It [Calvinism] established a religion without a prelate, a government without a king.

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

If hours did not hang heavy, what would become of scandal?