I cannot believe in an eternity of hell. I hope God will forgive me if I err; but in this matter I cannot say, "Lord help my unbelief."

In the days of my youth I remembered my God! And He hath not forgotten my age.

Some voluntary castaways there will always be, whom no fostering kindness and no parental care can preserve from self-destruction; but if any are lost for want of care and culture, there is a sin of omission in the society to which they belong.

Oh, when a mother meets on high The babe she lost in infancy, Hath she not then for pains and fears, The day of woe, the watchful night, For all her sorrow, all her tears, An over-payment of delight?

By writing much, one learns to write well.

The laws are with us, and God on our side.

No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth.