We live merely on the crust or rind of things.

A person possessed with an idea cannot be reasoned with.

The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.

Of all the evil spirits abroad at this hour in the world, insincerity is the most dangerous.

The first duty of an historian is to be on his guard against his own sympathies...

To tell men that they cannot help themselves is to fling them into recklessness and despair.

The best that we can do for one another is to exchange our thoughts freely; and that, after all, is about all.