And with the morn those angel faces smile Which I have loved long since and lost awhile.

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.

Faith is the result of the act of the will, following upon a conviction that to believe is a duty.

Growth is the only evidence of life.

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

Good is never accomplished except at the cost of those who do it, truth never breaks through except through the sacrifice of those who spread it.

The ears of the common people are holier than the hearts of the priests.