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

It is an awful, an appalling thought, that we may be, this moment and every moment, in the presence of malignant spirits.

Falsehood, like the dry-rot, flourishes the more in proportion as air and light are excluded.

Some men's reputation seems like seed-wheat, which thrives best when brought from a distance.

It is one thing to wish to have truth on our side, and another to wish sincerely to be on the side of truth.

Happiness is no laughing matter.

As one may bring himself to believe almost anything he is inclined to believe, it makes all the difference whether we begin or end with the inquiry, 'What is truth?'