Philosophy goes no further than probabilities, and in every assertion keeps a doubt in reserve.

Fear is the parent of cruelty.

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

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

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 best that we can do for one another is to exchange our thoughts freely; and that, after all, is about all.

True greatness is the most ready to recognize and most willing to obey those simple outward laws which have been sanctioned by the experience of mankind.