The pulpit is a clergyman's parade; the parish is his field of active service.

Not where I breathe, but where I love, I live; Not where I love, but where I am, I die.

The disappointed man turns his thoughts toward a state of existence where his wiser desires may be fixed with the certainty of faith; the successful man feels that the objects which he has ardently pursued fail to satisfy the cravings of an immortal spirit; the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness, that he may save his soul alive.

Beware of those who are homeless by choice! You have no hold on human being whose affections are without a top-root!

Without religion the highest endowments of intellect can only render the possessor more dangerous if he be ill disposed; if well disposed, only more unhappy.

Whoever has tasted the breath of morning knows that the most invigorating and most delightful hours of then day are commonly spent in bed; though it is the evident intention of nature that we should enjoy and profit by them.

Love is indestructible, Its holy flame forever burneth; From heaven it came, to heaven returneth.