About, about, in reel and rout the death fires danced at night.

There is no slight danger from general ignorance; and the only choice which Providence has graciously left to a vicious government is either to fall by the people, if they are suffered to become enlightened, or with them, if they are kept enslaved and ignorant.

To admire on principle is the only way to imitate without loss of originality.

He prayeth best, who loveth best All things both great and small; For the dear God who loveth us, He made and loveth all.

The principle of the Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable.

Above all things I entreat you to preserve your faith in Christ. It is my wealth in poverty, my joy in sorrow, my peace amid tumult. For all the evil I have committed, my gracious pardon; and for every effort, my exceeding great reward. I have found it to be so. I can smile with pity at the infidel whose vanity makes him dream that I should barter such a blessing for the few subtleties from the school of the cold-blooded sophists.

Good and bad men are each less so than they seem.