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

The reason why all men honor love is because it looks up, and not down; aspires and not despairs.

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.

Every mind has a new compass, a new direction of its own, differencing its genius and aim from every other mind.--We call this specialty the bias of each individual. And none of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.

Prudence is the virtue of the senses. It is the science of appearances. It is the outmost action of the inward life.

Love is like a hunter, who cares not for the game when once caught, which he may have pursued with the most intense and breathless eagerness. Love is strongest in pursuit; friendship in possession.

I look on that man as happy, who, when there is question of success, looks into his work for a reply.