Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.

He who lives wisely to himself and his own heart looks at the busy world through the loopholes of retreat, and does not want to mingle in the fray.

The more we do, the more we can do.

The world loves to be amused by hollow professions, to be deceived by flattering appearances, to live in a state of hallucination; and can forgive everything but the plain, downright, simple, honest truth.

Religion either makes men wise and virtuous, or it makes them set up false pretenses to both.

To create an unfavorable impression, it is not necessary that certain things should be true, but that they have been said.

Without the aid of prejudice and custom, I should not be able to find my way across the room.