I will trust Him. Whatever, wherever I am, I can never be thrown away. If I am in sickness, my sickness may serve Him; in perplexity, my perplexity may serve Him; if I am in sorrow, my sorrow may serve Him. My sickness, or perplexity, or sorrow may be necessary causes of some great end, which is quite beyond us. He does nothing in vain.

It is mutual respect which makes friendship lasting.

It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.

Men will die upon dogma but will not fall victim to a conclusion.

The attributes of God, though intelligible to us on their surface yet, for the very reason that they are infinite, transcend our comprehension, when they are dwelt upon, when they are followed out, and can only be received by faith.

Most people go not by argument, but by sympathies.

A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.