God is another name for human intelligence raised above all error and imperfection, and extended to all possible truth.

Of all the discoveries which men need to make, the most important, at the present moment, is that of the self-forming power treasured up in themselves. They little suspect its extent, as little as the savage apprehends the energy which the mind is created to exert on the material world.

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

May your life preach more loudly than your lips.

It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with the superior minds, and these invaluable means of communication are in reach of all. In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. God be thanked for books. They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. Books are true levellers. They give to all, who faithfully use them, the society, the spiritual presence of the best and greatest of our race.

It is chiefly through books that we enjoy the intercourse with superior minds.

How easy to be amiable in the midst of happiness and success.