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

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

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

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

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?

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

The public is wiser than the wisest critic.