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

Two and two only supreme and luminously self-evident beings, myself and my Creator.

True religion is slow in growth, and, when once planted, is difficult of dislodgement; but its intellectual counterfeit has no root in itself: it springs up suddenly, it suddenly withers.

Flagrant evils cure themselves by being flagrant.

We should ever conduct ourselves towards our enemy as if he were one day to be our friend.

Satan is inconsistent. He persuades a man not to go to a synagogue on a cold morning; yet when the man does go, he follows him into it.

With Christians, a poetical view of things is a duty. We are bid to color all things with hues of faith, to see a divine meaning in every event.