The words which express our faith and piety are not definite; yet they are significant and fragrant like frankincense to superior natures.

Faith, indeed, is all the reform that is needed; it is itself a reform.

The gold-digger is the enemy of the honest laborer, whatever checks and compensations there may be. It is not enough to tell me that you worked hard to get your gold. So does the Devil work hard. The way of transgressors may be hard in many respects.

Explore thyself. Herein are demanded the eye and the nerve.

Our life is frittered away by detail... simplify, simplify.

The broadest and most prevalent error requires the most disinterested virtue to sustain it.

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.