What is called virtue in the common sense of the word has nothing to do with this or that man's prosperity, or even happiness.
Human improvement is from within outward.
The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.
Our human laws are but the copies, more or less imperfect, of the eternal laws, so far as we can read them.
A person possessed with an idea cannot be reasoned with.
The Providence that watches over the affairs of men works out of their mistakes, at times, a healthier issue than could have been accomplished by their wisest forethought.