Love is a bodily shape; and Christian works are no more than animate faith and love, as flowers are the animate springtide.

All your strength is in union, all your danger is in discord.

Many people do not allow their principles to take root, but pull them up every now and then, as children do the flowers they have planted, to see if they are growing.

For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art.

The twilight that surrounds the border-land of old romance.

Under a spreading chestnut-tree The village smithy stands; The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands; And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands.

How can I teach your children gentleness and mercy to the weak, and reverence for life, which in its nakedness and excess, is still a gleam of God's omnipotence, when by your laws, your actions and your speech, you contradict the very things I teach?