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.

Man will never be entirely willing to give up this world for the next nor the next world for this.

Don't break the silence unless you can improve on it.

"This is old, therefore it is good"; the other says, "This is new, therefore it is better."

Christianity promises to make men free; it never promises to make them independent.

Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself.

The wise man is he who knows the relative value of things.