Reverence is the highest quality of man's nature; and that individual, or nation, which has it slightly developed, is so far unfortunate. It is a strong spiritual instinct, and seeks to form channels for itself where none exists; thus Americans, in the dearth of other objects to worship, fall to worshiping themselves.

Prejudices of all kinds have their strongest holds in the minds of the vulgar and the ignorant.

Ah, my friend, that is the only true church organization, when heads and hearts unite in working for the welfare of the human race!

No music is so pleasant to my ears as that word-father.

But men never violate the laws of God without suffering the consequences, sooner or later.

I keep working because I am quite sure that no particle of goodness or truth is ever really lost, however appearances may be to the contrary.

Misfortune is never mournful to the soul that accepts it; for such do always see that every cloud is an angel's face. Every man deems that he has precisely the trials and temptations which are the hardest of all others for him to bear; but they are so, simply because they are the very ones he most needs.