We cannot think too highly of our nature, nor too humbly of ourselves.

Faith and works are necessary to our spiritual life as Christians, as soul and body are to our natural life as men; for faith is the soul of religion, and works the body.

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.

Hope is a prodigal young heir, and experience is his banker.

The brightest thunder-bolt is elicited from the darkest storm.

Wit in women is a jewel, which, unlike all others, borrows lustre from its setting, rather than bestows it; since nothing is so easy as to fancy a very beautiful woman extremely witty.

Bigotry murders religion to frighten fools with her ghost.