Argument does not soften, but rather hardens, the obdurate heart.

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

What is there glorious in the world, that is not the product of labor, either of the body or of the mind?

The love of truth is the stimulus to all noble conversation. This is the root of all the charities. The tree which springs from it may have a thousand branches, but they will all bear a golden and generous fruitage.

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!

Godliness is practical religion.