He that follows the advice of reason has a mind that is elevated above the reach of injury; that sits above the clouds, in a calm and quiet ether, and with a brave indifferency hears the rolling thunders grumble and burst under his feet.

A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man's heart through half the year.

Breathes there the man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land.

We shall never learn to feel and respect our real calling and destiny, unless we have taught ourselves to consider every thing as moonshine, compared with the education of the heart.

I envy thee not thy faith, which is ever in thy mouth but never in thy heart nor in thy practice

What I have to say is far more important than how long my eyelashes are.

There is a vulgar incredulity, which in historical matters, as well as in those of religion, finds it easier to doubt than to examine.