Private opinion is weak, but public opinion is almost omnipotent.
What place is so rugged and so homely that there is no beauty; if you only have a sensibility to beauty?
Though a man declares himself an atheist, it in no way alters his obligations.
Some of God's noblest sons, I think, will be selected from those that know how to take wealth, with all its temptations, and maintain godliness therewith. It is hard to be a saint standing in a golden niche.
Never forget what a person says to you when they are angry.
John Wesley quaintly observed that the road to heaven is a narrow path, not intended for wheels, and that to ride in a coach here and to go to heaven hereafter, was a happiness too much for man.