True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long.

God's law is 'right reason.' When perfectly understood it is called 'wisdom.' When applied by government in regulating human relations it is called 'justice.

The hope of impunity is the greatest inducement to do wrong.

We do not destroy religion by destroying superstition.

Should this my firm persuasion of the soul's immortality prove to be a mere delusion, it is at least a pleasing delusion, and I will cherish it to my last breath.

Nature has granted the use of life like a loan, without fixing any day for repayment.

When war is raging the laws are dumb.