'T is heaven alone that is given away; 'T is only God may be had for the asking.

Who knows whither the clouds have fled? In the unscarred heaven they leave no wake; And the eyes forget the tears they have shed, The heart forgets its sorrow and ache.

An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in the long run.

There is no better ballast for keeping the mind steady on its keel, and saving it from all risk of crankiness, than business.

Whom the heart of man shuts out, Sometimes the heart of God takes in, And fences them all round about With silence mid the worlds loud din.

And the choice goes by forever 'twixt that darkness and that light.

Christ was the first true democrat that ever breathed, as the old dramatist Dekkar said he was the first true gentleman.