A poem, a sentence, causes us to see ourselves. I be, and I see my being, at the same time.

The only true gifts are a portion of yourself.

Belief and love,--a believing love will relieve us of a vast load of care. O my brothers, God exists. There is a soul at the centre of nature, and over the will of every man, so that none of us can wrong the universe.

The religions of the world are the ejaculations of a few imaginative men.

The order of things consents to virtue.

The profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine, until an equal mind and heart finds and publishes it.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.