That government is best which governs least.

A man will not need to study history to find out what is best for his own culture.

Where the most beautiful wild flowers grow, there mans spirit is fed and poets grow.

Though the hen should sit all day, she could lay only one egg, and, besides, would not have picked up materials for another.

Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.

Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not believe.

God is only the president of the day, and Webster is his orator.