Nothing good bursts forth all at once. The lightning may dart out of a black cloud; but the day sends his bright heralds before him, to prepare the world for his coming.
Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel.
Friendship is love without its flowers or veil.
The virtue of Paganism was strength: the virtue of Christianity is obedience.
Crimes sometimes shock us too much; vices almost always too little.
The power of faith will often shine forth the most when the character is naturally weak.