God is good and God is light In this faith I rest secure, Evil can but serve the right, Over all shall love endure.

Nothing before, nothing behind; The steps of faith Fall on the seeming void, and find The Rock beneath.

Quite the ugliest face I ever saw was that of a woman whom the world called beautiful. Through its silver veil the evil and ungentle passions looked out, hideous and hateful.

Nature eschews regular lines; she does not shape her lines by a common model. Not one of Eve's numerous progeny in all respects resembles her who first culled the flowers of Eden. To the infinite variety and picturesque inequality of nature we owe the great charm of her uncloying beauty.

Despair is infidelity and death.

Falsehoods which we spurn today, were the truths of long ago.

Who fathoms the Eternal Thought? Who talks of scheme and plan? The Lord is God! He needeth not The poor device of man.