Economy is the parent of integrity, of liberty, and of ease, and the beauteous sister of temperance, of cheerfulness and health.

He who would govern his actions by the laws of virtue must regulate his thoughts by those of reason.

Almost all the moral good which is left among us is the apparent effect of physical evil.

The purpose of a writer is to be read, and the criticism which would destroy the power of pleasing must be blown aside

As to the Christian religion, besides the strong evidence which we have for it, there is a balance in its favor from the number of great men who have been convinced of its truth after a serious consideration of the question. Grotius was an acute man, a lawyer, a man accustomed to examine evidence, and he was convinced. Grotius was not a recluse, but a man of the world, who certainly had no bias on the side of religion. Sir Isaac Newton set out an infidel, and came to be a very firm believer.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing - it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.

From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.