The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so.

The church that is married to the spirit of this age, becomes a widow in the next.

A monarch frequently represents his subjects better that an elected assembly; and if he is a good judge of character he is likely to have more capable and loyal advisers.

The enemies of freedom do not argue; they shout and they shoot.

The happy people are those who are producing something; the bored people are those who are consuming much and producing nothing.

It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion.

Beautiful thoughts hardly bring us to God until they are acted upon. No one can have a true idea of right until he does it.