The depreciation of Christianity by indifference is a more insidious and less curable evil than infidelity itself.

Falsehood is difficult to be maintained. When the materials of a building are solid blocks of stone, very rude architecture will suffice; but a structure of rotten materials needs the most careful adjustment to make it stand at all.

The power of duly appreciating little things belongs to a great mind.

Even supposing there were some spiritual advantage in celibacy, it ought to be completely voluntary.

In our judgment of human transactions, the law of optics is reversed, we see most dimly the objects which are close around us.

To teach one who has no curiosity to learn, is to sow a field without ploughing it.

Though not always called upon to condemn ourselves, it is always safe to suspect ourselves.