Expectation ... quickens desire, while possession deadens it.

To those who know thee not, no words can paint! And those who know thee, know all words are faint!

The keen spirit seizes the prompt occasion.

Prayer is not eloquence, but earnestness; not the definition of helplessness, but the feeling of it; not figures of speech, but earnestness of soul.

Glory darts her soul-pervading ray on thrones and cottages, regardless still of all the artificial nice distinctions vain human customs make.

He who has once taken to drink can seldom be said to be guilty of one sin only.

Did not God Sometimes withhold in mercy what we ask, We should be ruined at our own request.