Crime is not punished as an offense against God, but as prejudicial to society.

Carelessness is inexcusable, and merits the inevitable sequence.

Nature is not a partisan, but out of her ample treasue house she produces children in infinite variety, of which she is equally the mother, and disowns none of them.

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

High original genius is always ridiculed on its first appearance; most of all by those who have won themselves the highest reputation in working on the established lines. Genius only commands recognition when it has created the taste which is to appreciate it.

I have long been convinced that the Christian Eucharist is but a continuation of the Eleusinian mysteries. St Paul, in using the word teleiois, almost confirms this.

We live merely on the crust or rind of things.