Scepticism is a barren coast, without a harbor or lighthouse.

No grace can save any man unless he helps himself.

The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness. It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

What if you have seen it before, ten thousand times over? An apple tree in full blossom is like a message, sent fresh from heaven to earth, of purity and beauty.

A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself.

A man without self-restraint is like a barrel without hoops, and tumbles to pieces.

Men will imitate and admire his unmoved firmness, his inflexible conscience for the right; and yet his gentleness, as tender as a woman's, his moderation of spirit, which not all the heat of party could inflame, nor all the jars and disturbances of this country shake out of its place: I swear you to an emulation of his justice, his moderation, and his mercy.