Magnificence is likewise a source of the sublime. A great profusion of things which are splendid or valuable in themselves is magnificent. The starry heaven, though it occurs so very frequently to our view, never fails to excite an idea of grandeur.

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.

True humility-the basis of the Christian system-is the low but deep and firm foundation of all virtues.

Thank God, men that art greatly guilty are never wise.

War never leaves where it found a nation.

No sound ought to be heard in the church but the healing voice of Christian charity.