Neither can we admit that definition of genius that some would propose--"a power to accomplish all that we undertake;" for we might multiply examples to prove that this definition of genius contains more than the thing defined. Cicero failed in poetry, Pope in painting, Addison in oratory; yet it would be harsh to deny genius to these men.

Is there anything more tedious than the often repeated tales of the old and forgetful?

There can be no Christianity where there is no charity

Slight sorrow for sin is sufficient, provided it at the same time produces amendment.

That is fine benevolence, finely executed, which, like the Nile, comes from hidden sources.

There is a diabolical trio existing in the natural man, implacable, inextinguishable, co-operative and consentaneous, pride, envy, and hate; pride that makes us fancy we deserve all the goods that others possess; envy that some should be admired while we are overlooked; and hate, because all that is bestowed on others, diminishes the sum we think due to ourselves.

There are only two things in which the false professors of all religions have agreed--to persecute all other sects and to plunder their own.