Justice renders to every one his due.

We do not destroy religion by destroying superstition.

That he who hath the loan of money has not repaid it, and he who has repaid has not the loan; but he who has acknowledged a kindness has it still, and he who has a feeling of it has requited it.

There is nothing more shocking than to see assertion and approval dashing ahead of cognition and perception.

Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.

A community is like the ones who govern it.

These studies are a spur to the young, a delight to the old: an ornament in prosperity, a consoling refuge in adversity; they are pleasure for us at home, and no burden abroad; they stay up with us at night, they accompany us when we travel, they are with us in our country visits.