Heaven is not reached at a single bound. But we build the ladder by which we rise. From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies, And we mount to its summit round by round.

I softly sink into the bath of sleep: With eyelids shut, I see around me close The mottled, violet vapors of the deep, That wraps me in repose.

I look into your great brown eyes, where love and loyal homage shine, and wonder where the difference lies between your soul and mine!.

A man does not necessarily sin who does that which our reason and our conscience condemn.

The theological systems of men and schools of men are determined always by the character of their ideal of Christ, the central fact of the Christian system.

Idleness is the sepulchre of a living man.

Gossip is always a personal confession either of malice or imbecility.