We must succumb to the general influence of the times. No man can be of the tenth century, if he would; be must be a man of the nineteenth century.

How well Horatius kept the bridge In the brave days of old.

The English Bible - a book which, if everything else in our language should perish, would alone suffice to show the whole extent of its beauty and power.

Those who have read history with discrimination know the fallacy of those panegyrics and invectives which represent individuals as effecting great moral and intellectual revolutions, subverting established systems, and imprinting a new character on their age. The difference between one man and another is by no means so great as the superstitious crowd suppose.

The highest intellects, like the tops of mountains, are the first to catch and to reflect the dawn.

I am always nearest to myself," says the Latin proverb.

The Saviour of mankind Himself, in whose blameless life malice could find no act to impeach, has been called in question for words spoken.