Old age is not one of the beauties of creation, but it is one of its harmonies.

The very might of the human intellect reveals its limits.

When we see the shameful fortunes amassed in all quarters of the globe, are we not impelled to exclaim that Judas' thirty pieces of silver have fructified across the centuries?

There are words which are worth as much as the best actions, for they contain the germ of them all.

The inventory of my faith for this lower world is soon made out. I believe in Him who made it.

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

We are often prophets to others only because we are our own historians.