The study and practice of law ... does not dissolve the obligations of morality or of religion.
As the safety and prosperity of nations ultimately and essentially depend on the protection and the blessing of Almighty God, and the national acknowledgment of this truth is not only an indispensable duty which the people owe to Him.
The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries.
Politics are a labyrinth without a clue.
To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.
A pen is certainly an excellent instrument to fix a man's attention and to inflame his ambition.