What a cruel reflection that a rich country cannot long be a free one.

Reading, reflection and time have convinced me that the interests of society require the observation of those moral precepts only in which all religions agree (for all forbid us to steal, murder, plunder, or bear false witness), and that we should n

There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in ourselves by reflection and the act of thinking, and those that bolt into the mind of their own accord

We have what we seek, it is there all the time, and if we give it time, it will make itself known to us.

There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in ourselves by reflection and the act of thinking, and those that bolt into the mind of their own accord

The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection