The great difficulty with politics is, that there are no established principles.

Independence, like honor, is a rocky island, without a beach.

If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.

Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy.

Arabia was idolatrous when, six centuries after Jesus, Muhammad introduced the worship of the God of Abraham, of Ishmael, of Moses, and Jesus. The Ariyans and some other sects had disturbed the tranquility of the east by agitating the question of the nature of the Father, the son, and the Holy Ghost. Muhammad declared that there was none but one God who had no father, no son and that the trinity imported the idea of idolatry.

Surely in a matter of this kind we should endeavor to do something, that we may say that we have not lived in vain, that we may leave some impress of ourselves on the sands of time.

A beautiful woman like eyes, and a good heart; One is a beautiful thing, and other treasures.