Every reform was once a private opinion.

Ethics and religion differ herein; that the one is the system of human duties commencing from man; the other, from God. Religion includes the personality of God; Ethics does not.

As we refine, our checks become finer. If we rise to spiritual culture, the antagonism takes a spiritual form.

The highest end of government is the culture of men.

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching. How far off, how cool, how chaste the persons look,begirt each one with a precinct or sanctuary!

When I bought my farm, I did not know what a bargain I had in the bluebirds, daffodils and thrushes; as little did I know what sublime mornings and sunsets I was buying.

Noblesse oblige; or, superior advantages bind you to larger generosity.