Of course, money will do after its kind, and will steadily work to unspiritualize and unchurch the people to whom it was bequeathed.

Man is timid and apologetic; he is no longer upright; he dares not say "I think," "I am," but quotes some saint or sage.

No man can have society upon his own terms.

But when you have chosen your part, abide by it, and do not weakly try to reconcile yourself with the world.

Not from a vain or shallow thought His awful Jove young Phidias brought.

Proverbs, words, and grammar inflections convey the public sense with more purity and precision, than the wisest individual.

As we are, so we do; and as we do, so is it done to us; we are the builders of our fortunes.