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

The miracles of Christ were studiously performed in the most unostentatious way. He seemed anxious to veil His majesty under the love with which they were wrought.

Perhaps in our presence, the most heroic deed on earth is done in some silent spirit, the loftiest purpose cherished, the most generous sacrifice made, and we do not suspect it. I believe this greatness to be most common among the multitude, whose names are never heard.

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

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

May your life preach more loudly than your lips.

Let every man, if possible, gather some good books under his roof.