It is more blessed to give than to receive, and therefore less blessed to receive than to give.

Shakespeare is an intellectual miracle.

Judging from the tendency and effect of his arguments, an atheist does not appear positively to refuse that a God may be... His verdict on the doctrine of God is only that it is not proven. It is not that it is disproven. He is but an atheist. He is not an anti-theist.

Every man is a missionary, now and forever, for good or for evil, whether he intends or designs it or not.

The brute animals have all the same sensations of pain as human beings, and consequently endure as much pain when their body is hurt; but in their case the cruelty of torment is greater, because they have no mind to bear them up against their sufferings, and no hope to look forward to when enduring the last extreme pain.

Enthusiasm is a virtue rarely to be met with in seasons of calm and unruffled prosperity.

It is in those times of hopeless chaos when the sovereign hand of God is most likely to be seen.