What a sublime doctrine it is, that goodness cherished now is eternal life already entered on! - William Ellery Channing

Real greatness has nothing to do with a man's sphere. It does not lie in the magnitude of his outward agency, in the extent of the effects which he produces. The greatest men may do comparatively little.

In general, we do well to let an opponent's motives alone. We are seldom just to them. Our own motives on such occasions are often worse than those we assail.

All noble enthusiasms pass through a feverish stage, and grow wiser and more serene.