It seems strange that a butterfly's wing should be woven up so thin and gauzy in the monstrous loom of nature, and be so delicately tipped with fire from such a gross hand, and rainbowed all over in such a storm of thunderous elements. The marvel is that such great forces do such nice work.

No man is so great as mankind.

Justice is the idea of God, the ideal of man, the rule of conduct writ in the nature of mankind.

The joy of heaven will begin as soon as we attain the character of heaven, and do its duties.

Genius is the father of a heavenly line, but the mortal mother, that is industry.

It is vain to trust in wrong; as much of evil, so much of loss, is the formula of human history.

Nature is man's religious book, with lessons for every day.