Forms of government become established of themselves. They shape themselves, they are not created. We may give them strength and consistency, but we cannot call them into being. Let us rest assured that the form of government can never be a matter of choice: it is almost always a matter of necessity.

One man finds in religion his literature and his science, another finds in it his joy and his duty.

We measure minds by their stature; it would be better to esteem them by their beauty.

Let us have justice, and then we shall have enough liberty!

The dregs may stir themselves as they please; they fall back to the bottom by their own coarseness.

Children need models rather than critics.

The God of metaphysics is but an idea. But the God of religion, the Maker of heaven and earth, the sovereign Judge of actions and thoughts, is a power.