As the true object of education is not to render the pupil the mere copy of his preceptor, it is rather to be rejoiced in, than lamented, that various reading should lead him into new trains of thinking.

A celebrated north country apostle, who, after Calvin had damned ninety-nine in a hundred of mankind, had contrived a scheme for damning ninety-nine in a hundred of the followers of Calvin.

Duty is that mode of action on the part of the individual which constitutes the best possible application of his capacity to the general benefit.

My mind was bursting with depression and anguish. I muttered imprecations and murmuring as I passed along. I was full of loathing and abhorrence of life, and all that life carries in its train.

Power is not happiness. Security and peace are more to be desired than a name at which nations tremble.

Invisible things are the only realities; invisible things alone are the things that shall remain.

The lessons of their early youth regulated the conduct of their riper years.