The shot heard round the world.

The fatal trait of the times is the divorce between religion and morality.

It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead of his past

Heaven often protects valuable souls charged with great secrets, great ideas, by long shutting them up with their own thoughts.

Nature is a frugal mother, and never gives without measure. When she has work to do, she qualifies men for that and sends them equipped.

Practice radical humility." He (or she)who masters the art of humility cannot be humiliated.

Every natural power exhilarates; a true talent delights the possessor first.