If you wish to assured of the truth of Christianity, try it. Believe, and if thy belief be right, that insight which gradually transmutes faith into knowledge will be the reward of thy belief.

Conscience is the pulse of reason

Contempt is egotism in ill- humor.

With no other privilege than that of sympathy and sincere good wishes, I would address an affectionate exhortation to the youthful literati, grounded on my own experience. It will be but short; for the beginning, middle, and end converge to one charge: NEVER PURSUE LITERATURE AS A TRADE.

The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions.

We have to administer the law whether we like it or no.

Silence does not always mark wisdom.