Ennui is the desire of activity without the fit means of gratifying the desire.

By common consent, gray hairs are a crown of glory: the only object of respect that can never excite envy.

Style is the gossamer on which the seeds of truth float through the world.

I find the name of Jesus Christ written on the top of every page of modern history.

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

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 exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence of the common mind has prevailed over wealth and brute force.