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

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

Avarice is the vice of declining years.

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

Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their amusement; and if a story is told of more than common interest, ennui is sure to have its joy in adding embellishments. If hours did not hang heavy, what would become of scandal?

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

The fears of one class of men are not the measure of the rights of another.