Justice without wisdom is impossible.

The moral system of the universe is like a document written in alternate ciphers, which change from line to line.

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.

To tell men that they cannot help themselves is to fling them into recklessness and despair.

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.

Mistakes are often the best teachers.

Of all the evil spirits abroad at this hour in the world, insincerity is the most dangerous.