God protects those he loves from worthless reading.

As the interest of man, so his God - as his God, so he.

He who reforms himself has done more towards reforming the public than a crowd or noisy, impotent patriots.

Evasions are the common shelter of the hard-hearted, the false, and impotent, when called upon to assist; the real great alone plan instantaneous help, even when their looks or words presage difficulties.

It is one of my favorite thoughts that God manifests Himself to men in all the wise, good, humble, generous, great, and magnanimous men.

Where there is much pretension, much has been borrowed; nature never pretends.

Thinkers are scarce as gold; but he whose thoughts embrace all his subject, and who pursues it uninterruptedly and fearless of consequences, is a diamond of enormous size.