Law is the highest reason implanted in Nature, which commands what ought to be done and forbids the opposite.

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.

Apollo, sacred guard of earth's true core, Whence first came frenzied, wild prophetic word.

A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue but the parent of all the other virtues.

The first law for the historian is that he shall never dare utter an untruth. The second is that he shall suppress nothing that is true. Moreover, there shall be no suspicion of partiality in his writing, or of malice.

The long time to come when I shall not exist has more effect on me than this short present time, which nevertheless seems endless.

Borrowing from Peter to pay Paul.