True religion extends alike to the intellect and the heart. Intellect is in vain if it lead not to emotion, and emotion is vain if not enlightened by intellect; and both are vain if not guided by truth and leading to duty.

There is nothing so elastic as the human mind. The more we are obliged to do, the more we are able to accomplish.

The most we can get out of life is its discipline for ourselves, and its usefulness for others.

Hell is truth seen too lateduty neglected in its season.

Sin with the multitude, and your responsibility and guilt are as great and as truly personal, as if you alone had done the wrong

Indolence is the dry rot of even a good mind and a good character; the practical uselessness of both. It is the waste of what might be a happy and useful life.

Attention to a subject depends upon our interest in it.