Strange! that what is enjoyed without pleasure cannot be discontinued without pain!

eternity is a depth which no geometry can measure, no arithmetic calculate, no imagination conceive, no rhetoric describe.

Man can see his reflection in water only when he bends down close to it, and the heart of man, too, must lean down to the heart of his fellow; then it will see itself within his heart.

A small unkindness is a great offence.

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

It is a part of Christianity to convert every natural talent to a religious use.

When you are disposed to be vain of your mental acquirements, look up to those who are more accomplished than yourself, that you may be fired with emulation; but when you feel dissatisfied with your circumstances, look down on those beneath you, that you may learn contentment.