“The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend, but often those which meet the peculiar wants, the natural thirst of his mind, and therefore awaken interest and rivet thought.”

“The mind, in proportion as it is cut off from free communication with nature, with revelation, with God, with itself, loses its life, just as the body droops when debarred from the air and the cheering light from heaven.”

“The great hope of society is in individual character.”

“Faith is love taking the form of aspiration.”

“Life has a higher end, than to be amused.”

“How easy to be amiable in the midst of happiness and success.”