There is no truth which the prophets press more steadily upon Israel than that all their national life lies in the sight and on the care of God.

Into every soul, however purged and fenced, evil appears to have as much freedom of entrance as God Himself.

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

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

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

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.

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