In everyday things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive duty.

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.

Ignorance is the dominion of absurdity.

To be happy is not the purpose for which you are placed in this world.

Our human laws are but the copies, more or less imperfect, of the eternal laws, so far as we can read them.

What is called virtue in the common sense of the word has nothing to do with this or that man's prosperity, or even happiness.

Courage is, on all hands, considered as an essential of high character.