Carelessness Is Inexcusable, And Merits

We Call Heaven Our Home, As The Best Name We Know To Give It.

The First Duty Of An Historian Is To Be On His Guard Against His Own Sympathies...

The Providence That Watches Over The Affairs Of Men Works Out Of Their Mistakes, At Times, A Healthier Issue Than Could Have Been Accomplished By Their Wisest Forethought.

What Is Right Or Duty Without Power ? To Tell A Man It Is His Duty To Submit His Judgment To The Judgment Of The Church, Is Like Telling A Wife It Is Her Duty To Love Her Husband A Thing Easy To Say, But Meaning Simply Nothing. Affection Must Be Won, Not Commanded.

The Solitary Side Of Our Nature Demands Leisure For Reflection Upon Subjects On Which The Dash And Whirl Of Daily Business, So Long As Its Clouds Rise Thick About Us, Forbid The Intellect To Fasten Itself.