Fear is the parent of cruelty.

Every one of us ... knows better than he practices, and recognizes a better law than he obeys.

The secret of a person's nature lies in their religion and what they really believes about the world and their place in it.

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

I cannot think the disputes and jealousies of Heaven are tried and settled by the swords of earth.

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.

Human improvement is from within outward.