Style should be like window-glass, perfectly transparent, and with…

There is not a single spot between Christianity and atheism, upon which a man can firmly fix his foot.

Be short in all religious exercises. Better leave the people longing than loathing. No conversion after the first half hour.

The weakest spot in every man is where he thinks himself to be the wisest.

Moral conduct includes every thing in which men are active and for which they are accountable. They are active in their desires, their affections, their designs, their intentions, and in every thing they say and do of choice; and for all …

The scene was changed. It was a bark that slowly held its way, And o'er its lee the coast of France in the light of evening lay; And on its deck a lady sat, who gazed with tearful eyes Upon the fast receding hills that dim and distant rise.

So All is diff’rent, and yet All is One.