"Humanity, in the aggregate, is progressing, and philanthropy looks forward hopefully."

"Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within the hearsay of little children tends towards t…"

"There is one inevitable criterion of judgment touching religious faith in doctrinal matters. Can you reduce it to pra…"

"Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit."

"Hatred is self-punishment."

"Idleness is emptiness; the tree in which the sap is stagnant, remains fruitless."

"God's glowing covenant."

"A chaste and lucid style is indicative of the same personal traits in the author."

"As "unkindness has no remedy at law," let its avoidance be with you a point of honor."

"He was a horse of goodly countenance, rather expressive of vigilance than fire; though an unnatural appearance of fie…"