Objects close to the eye shut out much larger objects on the horizon; and splendors born only of the earth eclipse the stars. So a man sometimes covers up the entire disk of eternity with a dollar, and quenches transcendent glories with a little shining dust.

No one can truly see Christ, and drink in the influence of his character, and not be a Christian at heart.

Temptation cannot exist without the concurrence of inclination and opportunity.

Some souls are ennobled and elevated by seeming misfortunes, which then become blessings in disguise.

If one's conscience be dead as a stone, it is as heavy too.

In the history of man it has been very generally the case that when evils have grown insufferable they have touched the point of cure.

How often a new affection makes a new man! The sordid, cowering soul turns heroic. The frivolous girl becomes the steadfast martyr of patience and ministration, transfigured by deathless love. The career of bounding impulses turns into an anthem of sacred deeds.