In what way, or by what manner of working, God changes a soul from evil to good, how He impregnates the barren rock--the priceless gems and gold--is to the human mind an impenetrable mystery, in all cases alike.

A Court has no right to strain the law because it causes hardship.

In Shakespeare one sentence begets the next naturally; the meaning is all inwoven. He goes on kindling like a meteor through the dark atmosphere.

Show me one couple unhappy merely on account of their limited circumstances, and I will show you ten who are wretched from other causes.

We must follow the old authorities and precedents in criminal matters.

The once red leaf, the last of its clan, that dances as often as dance it can.

I feel as if God had, by giving the Sabbath, given fifty-two springs in every year.