Sacrifice is the first element of religion, and resolves itself in theological language into the love of God.

A person possessed with an idea cannot be reasoned with.

The soul of man is not a thing which comes and goes, is builded and decays like the elemental frame in which it is set to dwell, but a very living force, a very energy of God's organic will, which rules and moulds this universe.

The Providence that watches over the affairs of men works out of their mistakes, at times, a healthier issue than could have been accomplished by their wisest forethought.

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

No person is ever good for much, that hasn't been swept off their feet by enthusiasm between ages twenty and thirty

You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.