God never made anything else so beautiful as man.

Despondency is ingratitude; hope is God's worship.

Self-government by the whole people is the teleologic idea. The republican form of government is the noblest and the best, as it is the latest.

The blossom cannot tell what becomes of its odor, and no person can tell what becomes of his or her influence and example.

Love without faith is as bad as faith without love.

I have known many an instance of a man writing a letter and forgetting to sign his name, but this is the only instance I have ever known of a man signing his name and forgetting to write the letter.

Love is the river of life in this world.