Magnificent promises are always to be suspected.

Intellect is stronger than cannon.

The diamond which shines in the Saviour's crown shall burn in unquenched beauty at last on the forehead of every human soul.

In all the world there is nothing so remarkable as a great man, nothing so rare, nothing which so well repays study.

Love of truth will bless the lover all his days; yet when he brings her home, his fair-faced bride, she comes empty-handed to his door, herself her only dower.

Remorse is the pain of sin.

Truth never yet fell dead in the streets; it has such affinity with the soul of man, the seed however broadcast will catch somewhere and produce its hundredfold.