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

Conscience is the mirror of our souls, which represents the errors of our lives in their full shape.

Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their amusement.

The friendship between me and you I will not compare to a chair; for that the rains might rust, or the falling tree might break. - George Bancroft,

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

The public is wiser than the wisest critic.