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To Adam Paradise was home. To the good among his descendants home is paradise.

Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel.

There is no being eloquent for atheism. In that exhausted receiver the mind cannot use its wings, - the clearest proof that it is out of its element.

Since the generality of persons act from impulse, much more than from principle, men are neither so good nor so bad as we are apt to think them.

The power of faith will often shine forth the most when the character is naturally weak.

The intellect of the wise is like glass; it admits the light of heaven and reflects it.

Some people carry their hearts in their heads; very many carry their heads in their hearts. The difficulty is to keep them apart, yet both actively working together.

The virtue of paganism was strength; the virtue of Christianity is obedience.

Only when the voice of duty is silent, or when it has already spoken, may we allowably think of the consequences of a particular action.