Poetry teaches the enormous force of a few words, and, in proportion to the inspiration, checks loquacity.

A Frenchman may possibly be clean; an Englishman is conscientiously clean.

We talk of choosing our friends, but friends are self-elected.

We can only obey our own polarity.

Public opinion, I am sorry to say, will bear a great deal of nonsense. There is scarcely any absurdity so gross, whether in religion, politics, science or manners, which it will not bear.

Natural religion supplies still all the facts which are disguised under the dogma of popular creeds. The progress of religion is steadily to its identity with morals.

Preaching is the expression of moral sentiments applied to the duties of life.