When you enter a grove peopled with ancient trees, higher than the ordinary, and shutting out the sky with their thickly inter-twined branches, do not the stately shadows of the wood, the stillness of the place, and the awful gloom of this doomed cavern then strike you with the presence of a deity?

Elegance is not an ornament worthy of man.

Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.

To be feared is to fear. No one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.

Unjust dominion cannot be eternal.

The soul has this proof of divinity: that divine things delight it.

There is as much greatness of mind in the owning of a good turn as in the doing of it; and we must no more force a requital out of season than be wanting in it.