They who pray not, know nothing of God, and know nothing of the state of their own souls.

There is no such thing as chance or accident; the words merely signify our ignorance of some real and immediate cause.

Woe to that man who runs when God has not sent him; and woe to him who refuses to run, or who ceases to run, when God has sent him.

Multitudes of words are neither an argument of clear ideas in the writer, nor a proper means of conveying clear notions to the reader.

Pride works frequently under a dense mask, and will often assume the garb of humility.

I have lived to know that the secret of happiness is never to allow your energies to stagnate.

Few men can be said to have inimitable excellencies: let us watch them in their progress from infancy to manhood, and we shall soon be convinced that what they attained was the necessary consequence of the line they pursued, and the means they used.