A man's true estate of power and riches is to be in himself; not in his dwelling or position or external relations, but in his own essential character.

God appoints our graces to be nurses to other men's weaknesses.

There is no part of government which cannot better suffer derangement than the ballot. If you strike the ballot with disease, it is heart disease.

Theology is but our ideas of truth classified and arranged.

Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another's heart, or its flame burns low.

Laws and institutions, like clocks, must occasionally be cleaned, wound up, and set to true time.

It takes longer for man to find out man than any other creature that is made.