The interest I have to believe a thing is no proof that such a thing exists.

Persistence with patience and prayer pays with profits, prosperity and peace of mind.

All the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books.

It would be very singular that all nature, all the planets, should obey eternal laws, and that there should be a little animal five feet high, who, in contempt of these laws, could act as he pleased, solely according to his caprice.

The fate of a nation has often depended upon the good or bad digestion of a prime minister.

He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend; provided, of course, he really is dead.

What can we say with certainty?