Thought and speech are inseparable from each other. Matter and expression are parts of one; style is a thinking out into language.

Learn to do thy part and leave the rest to Heaven.

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

In this world no one rules by love; if you are but amiable, you are no hero; to be powerful, you must be strong, and to have dominion you must have a genius for organizing.

Faith is illuminative, not operative; it does not force obedience, though it increases responsibility; it heightens guilt, but it does not prevent sin. The will is the source of action.

The heart is commonly reached, not through the reason, but through the imagination, by means of direct impressions, by the testimony of facts and events, by history, by description. Persons influence us, voices melt us, looks subdue us, deeds inflame us. Many a man will live and die upon a dogma; no man will be a martyr for a conclusion.

If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to creep along the ground, and never soar.