To read the Bible is of itself a laudable occupation and can scarcely fail of being a useful employment of time; but the habit of reflecting upon what you have read is equally essential as than of reading itself, to give it all the efficacy of which it is susceptible.

Some suggestions for you :

Nip the shoots of arbitrary power in the bud, is the only maxim which can ever preserve the liberties of any people.

The great object of the institution of civil government is the improvement of those who are parties to the social compact.

The more you meditate on the laws of Moses, the more striking and brighter does their wisdom appear.

I have no predilection for unpopularity as such, but I hold it much preferable to the popularity of a day, which perishes with the transient topic upon which it is grounded.

The influence of each human being on others in this life is a kind of immortality.

Is not the brand of 'double-dealer' stamped on the forehead of every democratic slaveholder? Are not fraud and hypocrisy the religion of the man who calls himself a democrat, and hold his fellow-man in bondage?

This idea of the transcendent power of the Supreme Being is essentially connected with that by which the whole duty of man is summed up: obedience to His will.

It is among the evils of slavery that it taints the very sources of moral principle. It establishes false estimates of virtue and vice: for what can be more false and heartless than this doctrine which makes the first and holiest rights of humanity to depend upon the color of the skin?

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.

Where annual elections end where slavery begins.

Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights. It is founded on the natural equality of mankind. It is the cornerstone of the Christian religion. It is the first element of all lawful government upon earth.

Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.

Gratitude, warm, sincere, intense, when it takes possession of the bosom, fills the soul to overflowing and scarce leaves room for any other sentiment or thought.

According to the Stoics, all vice was resolvable into folly: according to the Christian principle, it is all the effect of weakness.