At Genoa, the word Liberty may be read over the front of the prisons and on the chains of the galley-slaves. This application of the device is good and just. It is indeed only malefactors of all estates who prevent the citizen from being free. In the country in which all such men were in the galleys, the most perfect liberty would be enjoyed.

Physical evils destroy themselves, or they destroy us.

In all the ills that befall us, we are more concerned by the intention than the result. A tile that falls off a roof may injure us more seriously, but it will not wound us so deeply as a stone thrown deliberately by a malevolent hand. The blow may miss, but the intention always strikes home.

Social man lives constantly outside himself.

The majesty of the Scriptures strikes me with admiration, as the purity of the gospel has its influence on my heart.

The mind grows narrow in proportion as the soul grows corrupt.

He who blushes is already guilty.