Politics - I don't know why, but they seem to have a tendency to separate us, to keep us from one another, while nature is always and ever making efforts to bring us together.

History is merely gossip. But scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.

You will ever remember that all the end of study is to make you a good man and a useful citizen.

I dunno. I just find it hard to discuss the Affordable Care Act with people who think it's one of the prophecies of Nostradamus.

There is happiness in duty, although it may not seem so. To fulfill one's duty elevates the soul to a state of constant sweetness. Love is the bond between men, the way to teach and the center of the world.

To be undecided in this elect ion is to pause for a moment and then ask how the chicken is cooked.