A church is disaffected when it is persecuted, quiet when it is tolerated, and actively loyal when it is favored and cherished.

War is never lenient but where it is wanton; where men are compelled to fight in self-defence, they must hate and avenge. This may be bad, but it is human nature; it is the clay as it came from the hands of the Potter.

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

We hold that the most wonderful and splendid proof of genius is a great poem produced in a civilized age.

It is good to be often reminded of the inconsistency of human nature, and to learn to look without wonder or disgust on the weaknesses which are found in the strongest minds.

That is the best government which desires to make the people happy, and knows how to make them happy.

Men are never so likely to settle a question rightly as when they discuss it freely.