An absent friend gives us friendly company when we are well assured of his happiness.

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.

Faith is a homely, private capital; as there are public savings-banks and poor funds, out of which in times of want we can relieve the necessities of individuals, so here the faithful take their coin in peace.

As to the value of conversions, God alone can judge. God alone can know how wide are the steps which the soul has to take before it can approach to a community with Him, to the dwelling of the perfect, or to the intercourse and friendship of higher natures.

Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates his thoughts with those of the author.

What makes poetry? A full heart, brimful of one noble passion.

The dangers of life are infinite, and among them is safety.