None love to speak so much, when the mood of speaking comes, as they who are naturally taciturn.

All things in the natural world symbolize God, yet none of them speak of Him but in broken and imperfect words.

It takes a man to make a devil; and the fittest man for such a purpose is a snarling, waspish, red-hot, fiery creditor.

Undoubtedly we render our consciences callous by evil indulgences; but we cannot entirely subdue that still, small voice.

The clearest window that ever was fashioned if it is barred by spiders' webs, and hung over with carcasses of insects, so that the sunlight has forgotten to find its way through, of what use can it be? Now, the Church is God's window; and if it is so obscured by errors that its light is darkness, how great is that darkness!

Why is not a rat as good as a rabbit? Why should men eat shrimps and neglect cockroaches?

The dog was created specially for children. He is a god of frolic.