The heart beats louder and the soul hears quicker in silence and solitude.
Christianity is a battle, not a dream.
God gives manhood but one clew to success,--utter and exact justice; that he guarantees shall be always expediency.
The keener the want the lustier the growth.
No class is safe unless government is so arranged that each class has in its hands the means of protecting itself. That is the idea of republics.
Statutes are mere milestone, telling how far yesterday's thought had traveled; and the talk of the sidewalk today is the law of the land. With us, law in nothing unless close behind it stands a warm, living public opinion.