I die in perfect composure and resignation to the will of my Creator, God.

The New Testament, they tell us, is founded upon the prophecies of the Old; if so, it must follow the fate of its foundation.

The countries the most famous and the most respected of antiquity are those which distinguished themselves by promoting and patronizing science, and on the contrary those which neglected or discouraged it are universally denominated rude and barbarous.

Time makes more converts than reason.

Where there are no distinctions there can be no superiority; perfect equality affords no temptation.

Tears may soothe the wounds they cannot heal.

The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance.