A wise skepticism is the first attribute of a good critic.
Freedom is the only law which genius knows.
Children are God's Apostles, sent forth, day by day, to preach of love, and hope, and peace.
Truth always has a bewitching savor of newness in it, and novelty at the first taste recalls that original sweetness to the tongue; but alas for him who would make the one a substitute for the other.
Darkness is strong, and so is Sin, But surely God endures forever!
Console yourself, dear man and brother; whatever you may be sure of, be sure at least of this, that you are dreadfully like other people. Human nature has a much greater genius for sameness than for originality.