How vast is eternity! - It will swallow up all the human race; it will collect all the intelligent universe; it will open scenes and prospects wide enough, great enough, and various enough to fix the attention, and absorb the minds of all intelligent beings forever.

I could never think well of a man's intellectual or moral character, if he was habitually unfaithful to his appointments.

Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters.

Steady, patient, persevering thinking will generally surmount every obstacle in search of truth.

One principal reason why men are so often useless is that they neglect their own profession or calling, and divide and shift their attention among a multitude of objects and pursuits.

Obedience to God is the most infallible evidence that creatures can exhibit of their sincere and supreme love to him.

The weakest spot in every man is where he thinks himself to be the wisest.