"Unselfish and noble acts are the most radiant epochs in the biography of souls."

"Amusements are to religion like breezes of air to the flame; gentle ones will fan it, but strong ones will put it out."

"How free from every thing like art were the reasonings and language of Christ."

"These — lowliness, meekness, long-suffering, loving forbearance — quiet, unpretending, unshowy virtues, are amongst t…"

"A great man, I take it, is a man so inspired and permeated with the ideas of God and the Christly spirit as to be too…"

"Every sinful act is another cord woven into that mighty cable of habit, which binds the spirit to the throne of darkn…"

"The Divine government of the world is like a stream that rolls under us; men are only as bubbles that rise on its sur…"

"The life of a godly man is like a river, not like a stagnant pool or a dead sea. It is ever in motion, sometimes spar…"

"Now do we say that the nature of the Word became flesh by undergoing change, nor that it was transformed into an enti…"

"Anathema 1. If anyone does not confess that the Emmanuel is in truth God, and that the Holy Virgin is, in consequence…"