The most zealous converters are always the most rancorous when they fail of producing conversion.

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

To admit that there is any such thing as chance, in the common acceptation of the term, would be to attempt to establish a power independent of God.

Ambition is to the mind what the cap is to the falcon; it blinds us first, and then compels us to tower by reason of our blindness.

The press is the foe of rhetoric, but the friend of reason.

It has been said that men carry on a kind of coasting trade with religion. In the voyage of life, they profess to be in search of heaven, but take care not to venture so far in their approximations to it, as entirely to lose sight of the earth; and should their frail vessel be in danger of shipwreck, they will gladly throw their darling vices overboard, as other mariners their treasures, only to fish them up again when the storm is over.

Early rising not only gives us more life in the same number of years, but adds, likewise, to their number; and not only enables us to enjoy more of existence in the same time, but increases also the measure.