Christ saw much in this world to weep over, and much to pray over: but he saw nothing in it to look upon with contempt.

In some way the secret vice exhales its poison; and the evil passion, however cunningly masked, stains through to the surface.

It is the penalty of fame that a man must ever keep rising. "Get a reputation, and then go to bed," is the absurdest of all maxims. "Keep up a reputation or go to bed, "would be nearer the truth.

Conscience is its own readiest accuser.

The true Church is not an institution to be kept apart from the world because the world "is common and unclean," but a vital heart of truth and love, beating with the life of Jesus, and sending abroad its sanctifying pulsations until nothing shall be common and unclean.

Humanity is so constituted that the basest criminal represents you and me, as well as the most glorious saint that walks on high. We are reflected in all other men; all other men are embodied in us.

Some people habitually wear sadness, like a garment, and think it a becoming grace. God loves a cheerful worshipper.