Faith makes us, and not we it; and faith makes its own forms.
It is very odd that Nature should be so unscrupulous. She is no saint . . .
The education of the will is the object of our existence.
Wait, and thy soul shall speak.
Steam is no stronger now than it was a hundred years ago, but it is put to better use.
The solar system has no anxiety about its reputation, and the credit of truth and honesty is as safe; nor have I any fear that a skeptical bias can be given by leaning hard on the sides of fate, of practical power, or of trade, which the doctrine of Faith cannot down-weigh.