Calvin was virtually the founder of America.

It is striking how history, when resting on the memory of men, always touches the bounds of mythology.

Every generation is equidistant from God.

He who overcomes himself is divine. Most see their ruin before their eyes; but they go on into it.

History is no criminal court

In schoolbooks and in literature we can separate ecclesiastical and political history; in the life of mankind they are intertwined.

Most humans recognize their ruin, but they carry on regardless.

All ages are equidistant from eternity, and just as immediately accessible to God's presence.

[M]editation is the life of of most other duties

…but youth yearned to youth.

The biggest problem is people are afraid of poetry, think they can't understand it or that it will be boring.

The wonder of nature does not become smaller because one cannot measure it by the standards of human moral and human aims.

Justice is not to be taken by storm. She is to be wooed by slow advances.

It takes courage to live through suffering; and it takes honesty to observe it.

The path of the knowledgeable, successful person, which only leads to supreme good fortune and great success is always directly in front of you.

The Press blew, the public stared, hands flew out like a million little fishes after bread.

Political life at Washington is like political life in a suburban vestry.

It's too easy to blame other people in football.