Habit is a second nature, which destroys the first.

He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God's providence to lead him aright.

To scorn philosophy is truly to philosophize.

No soul of high estate can take pleasure in slander. It betrays a weakness.

One-half of the ills of life come because men are unwilling to sit down quietly for thirty minutes to think through all the possible consequences of their acts.

No man ever believes with a true and saving faith unless God inclines his heart; and no man when God does incline his heart can refrain from believing.

Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God.