“ The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth. ”

“ There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity - the law of nature and of nations. ”

“ Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny. ”

“ Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all. ”

“ But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint. ”

“ Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing. ”

“ When bad men combine, the good must associate else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. ”

“ Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement. ”

“ Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation. ”

“ The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. ”