Some who are far from atheists, may make themselves merry with that conceit of thousands of spirits dancing at once upon a needle's point.

True zeal is an ignis lambeus, a soft and gentle flame, that will not scorch one's hand.

We have all a propensity to grasp at forbidden fruit.

Knowledge is not a passion from without the mind, but an active exertion of the inward strength, vigor and power of the mind, displaying itself from within.

A good conscience is the best looking-glass of heaven.

Christ came not to possess our brains with some cold opinions, that send down a freezing and benumbing influence into our hearts. Christ was a master of the life, not of the school; and he is the best Christian whose heart beats with the purest pulse towards heaven, not he whose head spins the finest cobweb.

Truth and love are two of the most powerful things in the world; and when they both go together they cannot easily be withstood.