The wisdom of divine rule appears not in the perfection but in the improvement of the world... History is the true demonstration of Religion.

That great political idea, sanctifying freedom and consecrating it to God, teaching men to treasure the liberties of others as their own and to defend them for the love of justice and charity more than as a claim of right, has been the soul of what is great and good in the progress of the last two hundred years.

Liberty has not only enemies which it conquers, but perfidious friends, who rob the fruits of its victories: Absolute democracy, socialism.

Fanaticism in religion is the alliance of the passions she condemns with the dogmas she professes.

The possession of unlimited power corrodes the conscience, hardens the heart, and confounds the understanding.

Good and evil lie close together. Seek no artistic unity in character.

Many things are better for silence than for speech: others are better for speech than for stationery.