The expanse of the ocean is seldom seen by the novice with indifference.

Whenever the government of the United States shall break up, it will probably be in consequence of a false direction having been given to public opinion.

Battles, unlike bargains, are rarely discussed in society.

In America the taint of sectarianism lies broad upon the land. Not content with acknowledging the supremacy as the Diety, and with erecting temples in his honor, where all can bow down with reverence, the pride and vanity of human reason enter into and pollute our worship, and the houses that should be of God and for God, alone, where he is to be honored with submissive faith, are too often merely schools of metaphysical and useless distinctions. The nation is sectarian, rather than Christian.

No civilized society can long exist, with an active power in its bosom that is stronger than the law.

It is better for a man to die at peace with himself than to live haunted by an evil conscience!

America owes most of its social prejudices to the exaggerated religious opinions of the different sects which were so instrumental in establishing the colonies.