Dear Lord. I give myself away. I've nothing else to give.

Do not expect to arrive at certainty in every subject which you pursue. There are a hundred things wherein we mortals. . . must be content with probability, where our best light and reasoning will reach no farther.

Learning to trust is one of life's most difficult tasks.

There's no repentance in the grave.

Poesy and oratory omit things not essential, and insert little beautiful digressions, in order to place everything in the most effective light.

Earth, thou great footstool of our God, who reigns on high; thou fruitful source of all our raiment, life, and food; our house, our parent, and our nurse.

Study detains the mind by the perpetual occurrence of something new, which may gratefully strike the imagination.