Liberty must be a mighty thing; for by it God punishes and rewards nations.

There are but two future verbs which man may appropriate confidently and without pride: "I shall suffer," and "I shall die.

Respect is a serious thing in him who feels it, and the height of honor for him who inspires the feeling.

Pride dries the tears of anger and vexation; humility, those of grief. The one is indignant that we should suffer; the other calms us by the reminder that we deserve nothing else.

I study much, and the more I study, the oftener I go back to those first principles which are so simple that childhood itself can lisp them.

A malicious enemy is better than a clumsy friend.

God has prohibited despair.