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

There are epidemics of nobleness as well as epidemics of disease.

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.

The better one is morally the less aware they are of their virtue.

We live merely on the crust or rind of things.

Truth only smells sweet forever, and illusions, however innocent, are deadly as the canker worm.

No person is ever good for much, that hasn't been swept off their feet by enthusiasm between ages twenty and thirty