Books are true levelers. They give to all, who will faithfully use them, the society, the spiritual presence, of the best and greatest of our race.

Grandeur of character lies wholly in force of soul, that is, in the force of thought, moral principle, and love, and this may be found in the humblest condition of life

I am a living member of the great family of all souls; and I cannot improve or suffer myself, without diffusing good or evil around me through an ever-enlarging sphere. I belong to this family. I am bound to it by vital bonds.

An earnest purpose finds time, or makes it. It seizes on spare moments, and turns fragments to golden account.

We honor revelation too highly to make it the antagonist of reason, or to believe that it calls us to renounce our highest powers.

A man might pass for insane who should see things as they are.

Our affections are our life. We live by them; they supply our warmth.