Our own heart, and not other men's opinion, forms our true honor.

In what way, or by what manner of working, God changes a soul from evil to good, how He impregnates the barren rock--the priceless gems and gold--is to the human mind an impenetrable mystery, in all cases alike.

False doctrine does not necessarily make a man a heretic, but an evil heart can make any doctrine heretical.

Show me one couple unhappy merely on account of their limited circumstances, and I will show you ten who are wretched from other causes.

Some men are like musical glasses; to produce their finest tones you must keep them wet.

And here were forests ancient as the hills, Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.

In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in folly.