Whatever touches the nerves of motive, whatever shifts man's moral position, is mightier than steam, or calorie, or lightening.

Christianity has made martyrdom sublime, and sorrow triumphant.

Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge, and dares to forgive an injury.

Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.

Break up the institution of the family, deny the inviolability of its relations, and in a little while there would not be any humanity.

There is no tariff so injurious as that with which sectarian bigotry guards its commodities. It dwarfs the soul by shutting out truths from other continents of thought, and checks the circulation of its own.

Heaven never defaults. The wicked are sure of their wages, sooner or later.