The religion of Christ is peace and good-will,--the religion of Christendom is war and ill-will.

Teach him to live unto God and unto thee; and he will discover that women, like the plants in woods, derive their softness and tenderness from the shade.

We oftener say things because we can say them well, than because they are sound and reasonable.

O what a thing is age! Death without death's quiet.

Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them, and is attended by fatal consequences in excess.

Truth is a point, the subtlest and finest; harder than adamant; never to be broken, worn away, or blunted. Its only bad quality is, that it is sure to hurt those who touch it; and likely to draw blood, perhaps the life blood, of those who press earnestly upon it.

There is a vast deal of vital air in loving words.