To exult over the miseries of an unhappy creature is inhuman.
Fretfulness of temper will generally characterize those who are negligent of order.
Taste consists in the power of judging; genius in the power of executing.
The great standard of literature as to purity and exactness of style is the Bible.
As the primary end of History is to record truth, impartiality, fidelity and accuracy are the fundamental qualities of an Historian.
It is pride which fills the world with so much harshness and severity. We are rigorous to offenses as if we had never offended.