It is only by fidelity in little things that the grace of true love to God can be sustained, and distinguished from a passing fervor of spirit. . . . No one can well believe that our piety is sincere, when our behavior is lax and irregular in its little details. What probability is there that we should not hesitate to make the greatest sacrifices, when we shrink from the smallest?

We may as well tolerate all religions, since God Himself tolerates all.

Do we accustom ourselves to see all things in the light of faith? Do we correct all our judgments by it? Alas! The greater part of Christians think and act like mere heathens; if we judge (as we justly may) of their faith by their practice, we must conclude they have no faith at all.

The gifts of God are not to be rejected on account of the channel that brings them.

Temptations are a file which rub off much of the rust of our self-confidence.

Time is given us that we may take care for eternity; and eternity will not be too long to regret the loss of our time if we have misspent it.

There were some who said that a man at the point of death was more free than all others, because death breaks every bond, and over the dead the united world has no power.