"True glory strikes root, and even extends itself; all false pretensions fall as do flowers, nor can anything feigned …"

"I cannot consent with the Radical party to obliterate a glorious past, nor can I consent with the Conservatives to pr…"

"The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so."

"Where there is much pretension, much has been borrowed: nature never pretends."

"The more honesty a man has, the less he affects the air of a saint."

"Evil preaches tolerance until it is dominant and then it tries to silence good."

"No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks."

"I have often spoken to you about good and evil. This has made some uncomfortable. But good and evil are present in th…"

"Good can imagine Evil, but Evil cannot imagine Good."

"Do good to others, that will protect you against evil."