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

Life always take on the character of its motive.

So I take my life as I find it, as a life full of grand advantages that are linked indissolubly to my noblest happiness and my everlasting safety. I believe that Infinite Love ordained it, and that, if I bow willingly, tractably, and gladly to its discipline, my Father will take care of it.

I have learned that to do one's next duty is to take a step toward all that is worth possessing.

No man ever feels the restraint of law so long as he remains within the sphere of his liberty -- a sphere, by the way, always large enough for the full exercise of his powers and the supply of all his legitimate wants.

Artists are nearest God. Into their souls he breathes his life, and from their hands it comes in fair, articulate forms to bless the world.

God be thanked that there are some in the world to whose hearts the barnacles will not cling.