Flints may be melted - we see it daily - but an ungrateful heart cannot be; not by the strongest and noblest flame.

God expects from men something more than at such times, and that it were much to be wished for the credit of their religion as well as the satisfaction of their conscience that their Easter devotions would in some measure come up to their Easter dress.

It is a noble and great thing to cover the blemishes and excuse the failings of a friend; to draw a curtain before his weaknesses and to display his perfections; to bury his shortcomings in silence but to proclaim his virtues on the housetop.

Anger is a transient hatred; or at least very like it.

He who has no mind to trade with the Devil should be so wise as to keep from his shop.

Aristotle was but a wreck of an Adam, and Athens but the rubbish of an Eden. How completely sin has defaced the divine image in man! That man has lost his righteousness and happiness is clearly evident as we look at the state of the world today!

Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends.