In Job and the Psalms we shall find more sublime ideas, more elevated language, than in any of the heathen versifiers of Greece or Rome.

Everyday is a birthday; every moment of it is new to us; we are born again, renewed for fresh work and endeavor.

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.

Acquaint yourself with your own ignorance.

Birds in their little nests agree; And 'tis a shameful sight When children of one family Fall out, and chide, and fight.

Affect not little shifts and subterfuges to avoid the force of an argument.

Abandon the secret chamber and the spiritual life will decay.