The secret heart is fair devotion's temple; there the saint, even on that living altar, lights the flame of purest sacrifice, which burns unseen, not….

eternity is a depth which no geometry can measure, no arithmetic calculate, no imagination conceive, no rhetoric describe..

The soul on earth is an immortal guest..

Man can see his reflection in water only when he bends down close to it, and the heart of man, too, must lean down to the heart of his fellow; then i….

Oh! the joy Of young ideas painted on the mind, In the warm glowing colors fancy spreads On objects not yet known, when all is new, And all is lovely..

Glory darts her soul-pervading ray on thrones and cottages, regardless still of all the artificial nice distinctions vain human customs make..

It is an excellent sign, that after the cares and labors of the day, you can return to your pious exercises and meditations with undiminished attenti….

Rage is for little wrongs; despair is dumb..

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!.

The soul on earth is an immortal guest, Compelled to starve at an unreal feast: A spark, which upward tends by nature's force: A stream diverted from….

Perfect purity, fullness of joy, everlasting freedom, perfect rest, health and fruition, complete security, substantial and eternal good..

The constant habit of perusing devout books is so indispensable, that it has been termed the oil of the lamp of prayer. Too much reading, however, an….

Names govern the world..

Who are those ever multiplying authors that with unparalleled fecundity are overstocking the world with their quick succeeding progeny? They are nove….

parents are too apt to mistake inclination for genius..

... it is a most severe trial for those women to be called to lay down beauty, who have nothing else to take up. It is for this sober season of life ….

nothing is more common than to mistake the sign for the thing itself; nor is any practice more frequent than that of endeavoring to acquire the exter….

In men this blunder still you find; all think their little set mankind..

A slowness to applaud betrays a cold temper or an envious spirit..

My plan of instruction is extremely simple and limited. They learn, on week-days, such coarse works as may fit them for servants. I allow of no writi….

It is doing some service to humanity, to amuse innocently. They know but little of society who think we can bear to be always employed, either in dut….