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

By the very constitution of our nature moral evil is its own curse.

Every man is a missionary, now and forever, for good or for evil, whether he intends or designs it or not.

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

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

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

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