With the magnificence of eternity before us, let time, with all its fluctuations, dwindle into its own littleness.

If it be the characteristic of a worldly man that he desecrates what is holy, it should be of the Christian to consecrate what is secular, and to recognize a present and presiding divinity in all things.

A man's needs are few. The simpler the life, therefore, the better. Indeed, only three things are truly necessary in order to make life happy: the blessing of God, the benefit of books, and the benevolence of friends.

The character wherewith we sink into the grave at death, is the very character wherewith we shall re-appear on the day of resurrection.

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

Enthusiasm is a virtue rarely to be met with in seasons of calm and unruffled prosperity. Enthusiasm flourishes in adversity, kindles in the hour of danger, and awakens to deeds of renown. The terrors of persecution only serve to quicken the energy of its purposes. It swells in proud integrity, and, great in the purity of its cause, it can scatter defiance amidst hosts of enemies.

It is more blessed to give than to receive, and therefore less blessed to receive than to give.