What a sublime doctrine it is, that goodness cherished now is eternal life already entered on!

To give a generous hope to a man of his own nature, is to enrich him immeasurably.

Mistakes and errors are the discipline through which we advance.

It feeds and grows on the blood which it sheds. The passions , from which it springs, gain strength and fury from indulgence.

There is but a very minute portion of the creation which we can turn into food and clothes, or gratification for the body; but the whole creation may be used to minister to the sense of beauty.

It has often been observed, that those who have the most time at their disposal profit by it the least. A single hour a day, steadily given to the study of some interesting subject, brings unexpected accumulations of knowledge.

A clear thought, a pure affection, a resolute act of a virtuous will, have a dignity of quite another kind, and far higher than accumulations of brick and granite and plaster and stucco, however cunningly put together.