The sober comfort, all the peace which springs from the large aggregate of little things.

Prayer is not eloquence, but earnestness; not the definition of helplessness, but the feeling of it; not figures of speech, but earnestness of soul.

Forgiveness is the economy of the heart... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.

A crown! what is it? It is to bear the miseries of a people! To hear their murmurs, feel their discontents, And sink beneath a load of splendid care!

Absence in love is like water upon fire; a little quickens, but much extinguishes it.

No man ever repented of being a Christian on his death bed.

The misfortune is, that religious learning is too often rather considered as an act of the memory than of the heart and affections; as a dry duty, rather than a lively pleasure.

We are apt to mistake our vocation by looking out of the way for occasions to exercise great and rare virtues, and by stepping over the ordinary ones that lie directly in the road before us.

There are only two bad things in this world, sin and bile.

The world does not require so much to be informed as to be reminded.

When thou hast truly thanked the Lord for every blessing sent, But little time will then remain for murmur or lament.

He brought his forehead against mine and we breathed the same air, slowly to try and find our composure. But it was impossible for me as long as he’s so close to me. “You’re ruining me.�

I wanted the fairytale.

Because nobody knows you better than somebody who knew you way back then.

Anarchy is law and freedom without force.Despotism is law and force without freedom.Barbarism force without freedom and law.Republicanism is force with freedom and law.

Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.

Neither a life of anarchy nor a life under a despot should you praise. To all that lies in the middle has a god given excellence.

The Patriot wears that mask EVERYWHERE! Even in the shower!

I found I could extinguish all human hope from my soul.

We've got to change our regulatory system.

I'm down to earth; people sense that and they appreciate it.