Man does find in Nature deliverance from himself, oblivion of his past, with peace and purity!

Lives are changed by a moment's listening to conscience, by a single and quiet inclination of the mind.

The whole mystery of temptation is to have sins suggested to us, and to be swept after them by a sudden enthusiasm, which sometimes feels as strong as the Spirit of God ever made in us the enthusiasm for virtue.

Let those who, still in their youth, have preserved their faith and fullness of hope, keep looking up.

If we have a heart for the magnitudes of life, it will not seem vain to believe that God Himself should guard it.

The heart which finds life in material wealth is usually certain to go farther and seek for more in the satisfaction of base and sullen appetites.

Power and position often make a man trifle with the truth.