The natural alone is permanent. Fantastic idols may be worshipped for a while; but at length they are overturned by the continual and silent progress of Truth, as the grim statues of Copan have been pushed from their pedestals by the growth of forest-trees, whose seeds were sown by the wind in the ruined walls.

What seems to us but dim funeral tapers may be heaven's distant lamps.

I have an affection for a great city. I feel safe in the neighborhood of man, and enjoy the sweet security of the streets.

The greatest grace of a gift, perhaps, is that it anticipates and admits of no return.

Difficulty on the way to victory is opportunity for God to work

Many readers judge of the power of a book by the shock it gives their feelings - as some savage tribes determine the power of muskets by their recoil; that being considered best which fairly prostrates the purchaser.

To be left alone, and face to face with my own crime, had been just retribution.