Marriage is not a union merely between two creatures - it is a union between two spirits; and the intention of that bond is to perfect the nature of both.

The only revenge which is essentially Christian is that of retaliating by forgiveness.

There is a divine depth in silence. We meet God alone.

As the tree is fertilized by its own broken branches and fallen leaves, and grows out of its own decay, so men and nations are bettered and improved by trial, and refined out of broken hopes and blighted expectations.

The charm of the words of great men, those grand sayings which are recognized as true as soon as heard, is this, that you recognize them as wisdom which has passed across your own mind. You feel that they are your own thoughts come back to you.

To turn water into wine, and what is common into what is holy, is indeed the glory of Christianity.

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