There is no doubt that religious fanatics have done more to prejudice the cause they affect to advocate than have its opponents.

A good smile is the sunshine of wisdom.

True repentance also involves reform.

True charity is spontaneous and finds its own occasion; it is never the offspring of importunity, nor of emulation.

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

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

Be more careful of your conscience than of your estate. The latter can be bought and sold; the former never.