Few are aware that they want any thing, except pounds schillings and pence.

How deeply rooted must unbelief be in our hearts when we are surprised to find our prayers answered.

Some men so dislike the dust kicked up by the generation they belong to, that, being unable to pass, they lag behind it.

Philosophy cannot raise the commonalty up to her level: so, if she is to become popular, she must sink to theirs.

In a mist the heights can for the most part see each other; but the valleys cannot.

Nature is mighty. Art is mighty. Artifice is weak. For nature is the work of a mightier power than man. Art is the work of man under the guidance and inspiration of a mightier power. Artifice is the work of mere man, in the imbecility of his mimic understanding.

I was surprised just now at seeing a cobweb around a knocker; for it was not on the door of heaven.