The virtue of books is to be readable.

That which dominates our imagination and our thoughts will determine our life and character.

Body cannot teach wisdom; God only.

For beauty is God's handwriting...A nd, thank God for it as a cup of His blessing.

That which we call sin in others is experiment for us.

What is man born for but to be a Reformer, a Remaker of what man has made? A renouncer of lies; a restorer of truth and good? Imitating that great Nature which embossoms us all, and which sleeps no moment on an old past, but every hour repairs herself, yielding us every morning a new day, with every breath a new life?

Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it. Many will read the book before one thinks of quoting a passage. As soon as he has done this, that line will be quoted east and west.