Just laws are no restraint upon the freedom of the good, for the good man desires nothing which a just law will interfere with.

Carelessness is inexcusable, and merits the inevitable sequence.

History is a voice forever sounding across the centuries the laws of right and wrong. Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral law is written on the tablets of eternity.

The solitary side of our nature demands leisure for reflection upon subjects on which the dash and whirl of daily business, so long as its clouds rise thick about us, forbid the intellect to fasten itself.

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

Those who seek for something more than happiness in this world must not complain if happiness is not their portion.

Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.