No errors of opinion can possibly be dangerous in a country where opinion is left free to grapple with them.

But for that blindness which is inseparable from malice, what terrible powers of evil would it possess! Fortunately for the world, its venom, like that of the rattlesnake, when most poisonous, clouds the eye of the reptile, and defeats its aim.

The amiable is a duty most certainly, but must not be exercised at the expense of any of the virtues. He who seeks to do the amiable always, can only be successful at the frequent expense of his manhood.

The only true source of politeness is consideration.

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

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.

Not in sorrow freely is never to open the bosom to the sweets of the sunshine.