A good simile,--as concise as a king's declaration of love.

I am positive I have a soul; nor can all the books with which materialists have pestered the world ever convince me to the contrary.

When the heart flies out before the understanding, it saves the judgment a world of pains.

The great end of all religionis to purify our hearts--and conquer our passions--and in a word, to make us wiser and better men--better neighbours--better citizens--and better servants of GOD.

The best friends in the world may differ sometimes.

I once asked a hermit in Italy how he could venture to live alone, in a single cottage, on the top of a mountain, a mile from any habitation? He replied, that Providence was his next-door neighbor.

The best hearts are ever the bravest.