It is in those times of hopeless chaos when the sovereign hand of God is most likely to be seen.

Acts of virtue ripen into habits; and the goodly and permanent result is the formation or establishment of a virtuous character.

The brute animals have all the same sensations of pain as human beings, and consequently endure as much pain when their body is hurt; but in their case the cruelty of torment is greater, because they have no mind to bear them up against their sufferings, and no hope to look forward to when enduring the last extreme pain.

There are no moral blanks; there are no neutral characters.

Guard against that vanity which courts a compliment, or is fed by it.

I want to feel my own nothingness, I want to give myself up in absolute resignation to God, to lie prostrate and passive at His feet, with no other disposition in my heart than that of merging my will into His will, and no other language in my mouth than that of prayer for the perfecting of His strength in my weakness.

Faith is like the hand of the beggar that takes the gift while adding nothing to it.