Providence protects us in all the details of our lot.

The language of religion can alone suit every situation and every mode of feeling.

Enthusiasm signifies 'God in us.'

Prayer is the life of the soul.

Whatever efforts one may make, one must revert to the realization that religion is the real basis of morality; religion is the real and perceptible purpose within us, which alone, can turn aside our attention from things. ... The science of morality can no more teach human beings to be honest, in all the magnificence of this word, than geometry can teach one how to draw.

Where no interest is takes in science, literature and liberal pursuits, mere facts and insignificant criticisms necessarily become the themes of discourse; and minds, strangers alike to activity and meditation, become so limited as to render all intercourse with them at once tasteless and oppressive.

Self-love, so sensitive in its own cause, has rarely any sympathy to spare for others.