He that does not know how wisely to meddle with public affairs in preaching the gospel, does not know how to preach the gospel.

There are some men's souls that are so thin, so almost destitute of what is the true idea of soul, that were not the guardian angels so keen-sighted, they would altogether overlook them.

A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself, and a mean man, by one lower than himself.

The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope.

It is the end of art to inoculate men with the love of nature. But those who have a psssion for nature in the natural way, need no pictures nor gallereies. Spring is their designer, and the whole year their artist.

The greatest architect and the one most needed is hope.

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind." I found the following quote by Goethe that can serve as a commentary on these words. "We are shaped and fashioned by what we love." "The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.