Men do not fail commonly for want of knowledge, but for want of prudence to give wisdom the preference.

A man must find his occasions in himself, it is true. The natural day is very calm, and will hardly reprove his indolence.

I should be glad if all the meadows on the earth were left in a wild state, if that were the consequence of men's beginning to redeem themselves.

How prompt we are to satisfy the hunger and thirst of our bodies; how slow to satisfy the hunger and thirst of our souls!

It's only by forgetting yourself that you draw near to God.

The divinity in man is the true vestal fire of the temple which is never permitted to go out, but burns as steadily and with as pure a flame on the obscure provincial altar as in Numa's temple at Rome.

I ask for, not at once no government, but at once a better government