The only true source of politeness is consideration.

I believe that economists put decimal points in their forecasts to show they have a sense of humor.

The birth of a child is the imprisonment of a soul.

Stagnation is something worse than death. It is corruption, also.

Revelation may not need the help of reason, but man does, even when in possession of revelation. Reason may be described as the candle in the man's hand, to which revelation brings the necessary flame.

Ambition is frequently the only refuge which life has left to the denied or mortified affections. We chide at the grasping eye, the daring wing, the soul that seems to thirst for sovereignty only, and know not that the flight of this ambitious bird has been from a bosom or home that is filled with ashes.

There is no doubt such a thing as chance, but I see no reason why Providence should not make use of it.