I have somewhere read that conscience not only sits as witness and judge within our bosoms, but also forms the prison of punishment.

There is no doubt that religious fanatics have done more to prejudice the cause they affect to advocate than have its opponents.

The law of heaven is love.

It is better to be the builder of our own name than to be indebted by descent for the proudest gifts known to the books of heraldry.

That kind of discipline whose pungent severity is in the manifestations of paternal love, compassion, and tenderness is the most sure of its object.

Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.

None but the guilty know the withering pains of repentance.