Where is there such an one who has not a thousand times been struck with a sort of infidel idea, that whatever other worlds God may be Lord of, he is not the Lord of this; for else this world would seem to give the lie to Him; so utterly repugnant seem its ways to the instinctively known ways of Heaven.

Beneath those stars is a universe of gliding monsters.

Time is made up of various ages; and each thinks its own a novelty.

At length I fell asleep, with the volume in my hand; and never slept so sound before

A beautiful woman is born Queen of men and women both, as Mary Stuart was born Queen of Scots, whether men or women.

Prayer draws us near to our own souls.

The Past is the textbook of tyrants; the Future is the Bible of the Free.