In pulpit eloquence, the grand difficulty lies here--to give the subject all the dignity it so fully deserves, without attaching any importance to ourselves. The Christian messenger cannot think too highly of his prince, nor too humbly of himself.

We hate some persons because we do not know them; and will not know them because we hate them.

Peace is the evening star of the soul, as virtue is its sun, and the two are never far apart.

Too high an appreciation of our own talents is the chief cause why experience preaches to us all in vain.

The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides us from ourselves.

Whenever we find ourselves more inclined to persecute than to persuade, we may then be certain that our zeal has more of pride in it than of charity.

Ennui has made more gamblers than avarice.