Innate ideas are in every man, born with him; they are truly himself. The man who says that we have no innate ideas must be a fool and knave, having no conscience or innate science.

Where others see but the dawn coming over the hill, I see the soul of God shouting for joy.

Some are born to sweet delight, Some are born to endless night.

Mercy is the golden chain by which society is bound together.

Truth can never be told so as to be understood and not be believed.

If you cannot imagine with the mind's eye much more than you can see with the mortal eye, you have a very poor imagination indeed.

Nothing can be more contemptible than to suppose Public Records to be true.