Every sect clamors for toleration when it is down.

Great minds do indeed react on the society which has made them what they are; but they only pay with interest what they have received.

Such night in England ne'er had been, nor ne'er again shall be.

The hearts of men are their books; events are their tutors; great actions are their eloquence.

History begins in novel and ends in essay.

The whole history of Christianity proves that she has little indeed to fear from persecution as a foe, but much to fear from persecution as an ally.

No man in the world acts up to his own standard of right.