He was always thinking of his brother's soul, or of the souls of those who differed with him in opinion: it is a sort of comfort which many of the serious give themselves.

Novelty has charms that our minds can hardly withstand.

Life is soul's nursery- its training place for the destinies of eternity.

The tallest and the smallest among us are so alike diminutive and pitifully base, it is a meanness to calculate the difference.

For his part, every beauty of art or nature made him thankful as well as happy, and that the pleasure to be had in listening to fine music, as in looking at the stars in the sky, or at a beautiful landscape or picture, was a benefit for which we might thank Heaven as sincerely as for any other worldly blessing.

Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?

To be thought rich is as good as to be rich.