The passions are the gales of life; and it is religion only that can prevent them from rising into a tempest.

A hermit who has been shut up in his cell in a college has contracted a sort of mould and rust upon his soul.

Not all the blood of beasts On Jewish altars slain, Could give the guilty conscience peace, Or wash away the stain: But Christ, the heav'nly Lamb, Takes all our sins away, A sacrifice of nobler nam' And richer blood than they.

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

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.

Must I be carried to the skies on flowery beds of ease, while others fought to win the prize and sailed through bloody seas?

Vice and virtue chiefly imply the relation of our actions to men in this world; sin and holiness rather imply their relation to God and the other world.