All thoughts, all passions, all delights Whatever stirs this mortal frame All are but ministers of Love And feed His sacred flame.

Above all things I entreat you to preserve your faith in Christ. It is my wealth in poverty, my joy in sorrow, my peace amid tumult. For all the evil I have committed, my gracious pardon; and for every effort, my exceeding great reward. I have found it to be so. I can smile with pity at the infidel whose vanity makes him dream that I should barter such a blessing for the few subtleties from the school of the cold-blooded sophists.

All sympathy not consistent with acknowledged virtue is but disguised selfishness.

The best part of human language, properly so called, is derived from reflection on the acts of the mind itself.

Ignorance seldom vaults into knowledge.

Why aren't more gems from our great authors scattered over the country? Great books aren't within everybody's reach.

Until you understand a writer's ignorance, presume yourself ignorant of his understanding.