That kind of discipline whose pungent severity is in the manifestations of paternal love, compassion, and tenderness is the most sure of its object.

The act of divine worship is the inestimable privilege of man, the only created being who bows in humility and adoration.

Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.

If we are at peace with God and our own conscience, what enemy among men need we fear?

Prosperity is very liable to bring pride among the other goods with which it endows an individual; it is then that prosperity costs too dear.

There is one sure criterion of judgment as to religious faith in doctrinal matters; can you reduce it to practice? If not, have none of it.

The eye is the inlet to the soul, and it is well to beware of him whose visual organs avoid your honest regard.