The impulse which directs to right conduct, and deters from crime, is not only older than the ages of nations and cities, but coeval with that Divine Being who sees and rules both heaven and earth.

Superstition is an unreasoning fear of God.

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.

Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money.

Neither can embellishments of language be found without arrangement and expression of thoughts, nor can thoughts be made to shine without the light of language.

It was fear that was then making you a good citizen, which is never a lasting teacher of duty.

Orators are most vehement when they have the weakest cause, as men get on horseback when they cannot walk.