Taste consists in the power of judging; genius in the power of executing.
Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.
What ever purifies the heart also fortifies it.
Nothing leads more directly to the breach of charity, and to the injury and molestation of our fellow-creatures, than the indulgence of an ill temper.
The great standard of literature as to purity and exactness of style is the Bible.
Nothing, except what flows from the heart, can render even external manners truly pleasing.