Be always displeased at what thou art, if thou desirest to attain to what thou art not.

It is impossible that there should be inhabitants on the opposite side of the Earth, since no such race is recorded by Scripture among the descendants of Adam.

If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.

We take for granted the slow miracle whereby water in the irrigation of a vineyard becomes wine. It is only when Christ turns water into wine, in a quick motion, as it were, that we stand amazed.

It is salutary for us to learn to hold cheap such things, be they good or evil, as attach indifferently to good men and bad, and to covet those good things which belong only to good men, and flee those evils which belong only to evil men.

My love is my weight. Because of it, I move.

When regard for truth has been broken down or even slightly weakened, all things will remain doubtful.