A man should fear when he only enjoys what good he does publicly. Is it not the publicity rather than the charity he loves? Is it not vanity, rather than benevolence, that gives such charities?

There's not much practical Christianity in the man who lives on better terms with angels and seraphs than with his children, servants and neighbours.

What a pity flowers can utter no sound!-A singing rose, a whispering violet, a murmuring honeysuckle ... oh, what a rare and exquisite miracle would these be!

Sorrow is Mount Sinai. If one will, one may go up and talk with God, face to face.

Victories that come cheap are cheap. Those only are worth having which come as the result of hard fighting.

Flattery is praise insincerely given for an interested purpose.

The elect, those who will; the non-elect, those who won't.