Like the rainbow, peace rests upon the earth, but its arch is lost in heaven. Heaven bathes it in hues of light--it springs up amid tears and clouds--it is a reflection of the eternal sun--it is an assurance of calm--it is the sign of a great covenant between God and man--it is an emanation from the distant orb of immortal light.

Strong as our passions are, they may be starved into submission, and conquered without being killed.

Men will wrangle for religion, write for it, fight for it, die for it; anything but live for it.

Silence is less injurious than a weak reply.

As we ascend in society, like those who climb a mountain, we shall find that the line of perpetual congelation commences with the higher circles; and the nearer we approach to the grand luminary the court, the more frigidity and apathy shall we experience.

I will not be revenged, and this I owe to my enemy; but I will remember, and this I owe to myself.

There can be no Christianity where there is no charity