A ruin should always be protected but never repaired - thus may we witness full the lingering legacies of the past.

For he that does good, having the unlimited power to do evil, deserves praise not only for the good which he performs, but for the evil which he forbears.

He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles.

True love's the gift which God has given to man alone beneath the heaven.

To be ambitious of true honor, of the true glory and perfection of our natures, is the very principle and incentive of virtue.

Will future ages believe that such stupid bigotry ever existed!

Chess is a sad waste of brains.