Remember that there is nothing in God but what is godlike; and that He is either not at all, or truly and perfectly good.

If we are told a man is religious we still ask what are his morals? But if we hear at first that he has honest morals, and is a man of natural justice and good temper, we seldom think of the other question, whether he be religious and devout.

True features make the beauty of a face, and true proportions the beauty of architecture.

Never did any soul do good but it came readier to do the same again, with more enjoyment. Never was love or gratitude or bounty practiced but with increasing joy, which made the practicer still more in love with the fair act.

Remember that there is nothing in God but what is godlike; and that He is either not at all, or truly and perfectly good.

The face of Truth is not less fair and beautiful for all the counterfeit visors which have been put upon her.

True courage is cool and calm. The bravest of men have the least of a brutal, bullying insolence, and in the very time of danger are found the most serene and free.