Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervade the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character.
New occasions teach new duties.
An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in the long run.
The eye is the notebook of the poet.
The material of thought re-acts upon the thought itself.
All free governments, whatever their name, are in reality governments by public opinion ; and it is on the quality of this public opinion that their prosperity depends. It is, therefore, their first duty to purify the element from which they draw the breath of life.