The secret heart is fair devotion's temple; there the saint, even on that living altar, lights the flame of purest sacrifice, which burns unseen, not unaccepted.

Of two evils, had not an author better be tedious than superficial! From an overflowing vessel you may gather more, indeed, than you want, but from an empty one you can gather nothing.

Life though a short, is a working day. Activity may lead to evil; but inactivity cannot be led to good.

When thou hast truly thanked the Lord for every blessing sent, But little time will then remain for murmur or lament.

If we commit any crime, or do any good here, it must be in thought; for our words are few and our deeds none at all.

Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs.

Sensibility appears to me to be neither good nor evil in itself, but in its application. Under the influence of Christian principle, it makes saints and martyrs; ill-directed, or uncontrolled, it is a snare, and the source of every temptation; besides, as people cannot get it if it is not given them, to descant on it seems to me as idle as to recommend people to have black eyes or fair complexions.