Mystery and innocence are not akin.

Pretension almost always overdoes the original, and hence exposes itself.

Man, being not only a religious, but also a social being, requires for the promotion of his rational happiness religious institutions, which, while they give a proper direction to devotion, at the same time make a wise and profitable improvement of his social feelings.

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul; and the heart of man knoweth none more fragrant.

Preaching is to much avail, but practice is far more effective. A godly life is the strongest argument you can offer the skeptic.

Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within hearsay of little children tends toward the formation of character.

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