A good, finished scandal, fully armed and equipped, such as circulates in the world, is rarely the production of a single individual, or even of a single coterie. It sees the light in one; is rocked and nurtured in another; is petted, developed, and attains its growth in a third; and receives its finishing touches only after passing through a multitude of hands. It is a child that can count a host of fathers--all ready to disown it.

There are not good things enough in life to indemnify us for the neglect of a single duty.

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

There are questions so indiscreet, that they deserve neither truth nor falsehood in reply.

There is a transcendent power in example.

We do not judge men by what they are in themselves, but by what they are relatively to us.

We recognize the action of God in great things: we exclude it in small. We forget that the Lord of eternity is also the Lord of the hour.