Aristocracy is always cruel.
Revolutions are not made: they come. A revolution is as natural a growth as an oak. It comes out of the past. Its foundations are laid far back.
The Puritan did not stop to think; he recognized God in his soul, and acted.
To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship.
How prudently most men creep into nameless graves, while now and then one or two forget themselves into immortality.
Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.