To grieve over sin is one thing, to repent is another.

Brethren, happiness is not our being's end and aim. The Christian's aim is perfection, not happiness; and every one of the sons of God must have something of that spirit which marked his Master.

There are three things in the world that deserve no mercy, hypocrisy, fraud, and tyranny.

The man whom society will not forgive nor restore is driven into recklessness.

In the darkest hour through which a human soul can pass, whatever else is doubtful, this at least is certain. If there be no God and no future state, yet even then it is better to be generous than selfish, better to be chaste than licentious, better to be true than false, better to be brave than to be a coward.

It is not by change of circumstances, but by fitting our spirits to the circumstances in which God has placed us, that we can be reconciled to life and duty.

A life of prayer is a life whose litanies are ever fresh acts of self-devoting love.