Not in vain has Lincoln lived, for he has helped to make this republic an example of justice, with no caste but the caste of humanity.

The prejudices of ignorance are more easily removed than the prejudices of interest; the first are blindly adopted; the second wilfully preferred.

It [Calvinism] established a religion without a prelate, a government without a king.

By common consent, gray hairs are a crown of glory: the only object of respect that can never excite envy.

Sedition is bred in the lap of luxury and its chosen emissaries are the beggared spendthrift and the impoverished libertine.

Where the people possess no authority, their rights obtain no respect.

Beauty is but the sensible image of the infinite. Like truth and justice, it lives within us; like virtue and the moral law, it is a companion of the soul.

If hours did not hang heavy, what would become of scandal?

In 1688 England contracted to the Netherlands the highest debt that one nation can owe to another. Herself not knowing how to recover her liberties, they were restored by men of the United Provinces.

The measure of progress of civilization is the progress of the people.

Avarice is the vice of declining years.

The greatest sacrifice a man can make is the image of his soul.

Some tragic mistakes are often made by those who acquire the reins of control before their maturity is adequate to handle it.

What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary error is often more earnest than truth.

it's gonna hurt because it matters.

In fact, Social Security is the only source of income nationwide for 29 percent of unmarried elderly women.

Go as far as you can see; when you get there you'll be able to see farther.

A poet's job is to find a name for everything: to be a fearless finder of the names of things.

Cam's wings were so bright they were almost blinding as they pulsed. "Holy Hell," Callie whispered, blinking."More or less," Arriane said

In terms of soul work, we dare not get rid of the pain before we have learned what it has to teach us.

It is the common defect of modern art study. Too many students do not know why they draw.