Reason guides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false, and passion, good or bad.

We love justice greatly, and just men but little.

Like those statues which must be made larger than "nature" in order that, viewed from below, or from a distance, they may appear to be of the "natural" size, certain truths must be "strained" in order that the public may form a just idea of them.

The habit of prayer communicates a penetrating sweetness to the glance, the voice, the smile, the tears,--to all one says, or does, or writes.

The Holy Scriptures praise the dew of the morning and the dew of the evening; ros matutinum, ros serotinum! Happy is he who possesses the gift of tears! when young, he will bear flowers; when old, fruit!

God often visits us, but most of the time we are not at home.

Interest, ambition, fortune, time, temper, love, all kill friendship.