A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and become the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act.

All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest; with a Buonaparte for a commander, could not by force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years.

Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.

We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure impressed on it are one.

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.

There are a number of women who have brought about immense changes in society.

Eating words has never given me indigestion. 

To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does it not for some noble object but to escape some ill

The art of a people is a true mirror to their minds.

The duty of rhetoric is to deal with such matters as we deliberate upon without arts or systems to guide us, in the hearing of persons who cannot take in at a glance a complicated argument or follow a long chain of reasoning.

He who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good.

When one door is closed, don't you know, another is open.