Christ took hold of the work of the world's saving in a larger way than it is possible for us to do, and therefore the burden of His undertaking came upon Him in a heavier, wider, and more crushing way than it can come upon us; and therefore, while it overwhelmed Him in sorrow, our smaller mission and lighter task can with entire propriety leave us buoyant and gladsome.

Pity is not enough better than indifference to benefit materially either agent or recipient.

All great discoveries are made by men whose feelings run ahead of their thinking.

Genius does not care much for a set of explicit regulations, but that does not mean that genius is lawless.

Faith is the heroism of the intellect.

Every thought was once a poem.

So far from genius discarding law, rather is it the supreme joy of genius to re-enact the eternal and unwritten law in the chamber of its own intel-lect.