The best that we can do for one another is to exchange our thoughts freely; and that, after all, is about all.

In everyday things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive duty.

The moral system of the universe is like a document written in alternate ciphers, which change from line to line.

What is called virtue in the common sense of the word has nothing to do with this or that man's prosperity, or even happiness.

The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.

I cannot think the disputes and jealousies of Heaven are tried and settled by the swords of earth.

The solitary side of our nature demands leisure for reflection upon subjects on which the dash and whirl of daily business, so long as its clouds rise thick about us, forbid the intellect to fasten itself.