The greater the share the people have in government, the less liberty, civil or religious, does a nation enjoy.

For as long as love takes up the whole heart, what room is there for sin therein?

It is the Spirit that sheds the love of God abroad in their hearts, and the love of all mankind; thereby purifying their hearts from the love of the world, from the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye, and the pride of life. It is by Him they are delivered from anger and pride, from all vile and inordinate affections.

My mother was the source from which I derived the guiding principles of my life.

The longer I live, the larger allowances I make for human infirmities. I exact more from myself and less from others.

My ground is the Bible. Yea, I am a Bible-bigot. I follow it in all things, both great and small.

As to matters of dress, I would recommend one never to be first in the fashion nor the last out of it.