We cannot at once catch the applauses of the vulgar and expect the approbation of the wise.

Friendships are the purer and the more ardent, the nearer they come to the presence of God, the Sun not only of righteousness but of love.

That which moveth the heart most is the best poetry; it comes nearest unto God, the source of all power.

There is no more certain sign of a narrow mind, of stupidity, and of arrogance, than to stand aloof from those who think differently from us.

O Music! how it grieves me that imprudence, intemperance, gluttony, should open their channels into thy sacred stream.

Truth sometimes corner unawares upon Caution, and sometimes speaks in public as unconsciously as in a dream.

I warmed both hands before the fire of life; It sinks, and I am ready to depart.