What a person praises is perhaps a surer standard, even than what he condemns, of his own character, information and abilities.

The virtue of Paganism was strength: the virtue of Christianity is obedience.

Only when the voice of duty is silent, or when it has already spoken, may we allowably think of the consequences of a particular action.

Man is a mixed being, made up of a spiritual soul and of a fleshly body; the angels are pure spirits, herein nearer to God, only that they are created and finite in all respects, free from decay, free from the power of death, whereas God is infinite and uncreated.

What hypocrites we seem to be whenever we talk of ourselves! Our words sound so humble, while our hearts are so proud.

It is well for us that we are born babies in intellect. Could we understand half what mothers say and do to their infants, we should be filled with a conceit of our own importance, which would render us insupportable through life.

Friendship is love without its flowers or veil.