That we have but little faith is not sad, but that we have little faithfulness. By faithfulness faith is earned.

As we looked up in silence to those distant lights, we were reminded that it was a rare imagination which first taught that the stars are worlds, and had conferred a great benefit on mankind.

It is remarkable how long men will believe in the bottomlessness of a pond without taking the trouble to sound it.

Let your condiments be in the condition of your senses.

Good for the body is the work of the body, good for the soul the work of the soul, and good for either the work of the other.

Perhaps we should never procure a new suit, however ragged or dirty the old, until we have so conducted or enterprised or sailed in some way, that we feel like new men in the old, and that to retain it would be like keeping new wine in old bottles.

Every man is the builder of a temple called his body.