Our hearts must not only be broken with sorrow, but be broken from sin, to constitute repentance.

How many a knot of mystery and misunderstanding would be untied by one word spoken in simple and confiding truth of heart! How many a solitary place would be made glad if love were there, and how many a dark dwelling would be filled with light!

Every relation to mankind, of hate or scorn or neglect, is full of vexation and torment.

The less we parade our misfortunes the more sympathy we command.

God giveth true grace to but a chosen few, however many aspire to it.

Men cannot labor on always. They must have recreation.

Politeness is practical Christianity.