Every error pronounces judgment on itself when it attempts to apply its rules to the standard of truth.

Character is tested by true sentiments more than by conduct. A man is seldom better than his word.

I mourn for the stake which was lost at Richmond more deeply than I rejoice over that which was saved at Waterloo.

Monarchy hardens into despotism. Aristocracy contracts into oligarchy. Democracy expands into the supremacy of numbers.

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

Towns were the nursery of freedom.

The mills of God grind slowly.