Thomas Hartwell Horne Quotes

#1. In the heraldry of heaven goodness precedes greatness; so on earth it is more powerful. The lowly and the lovely may frequently do more in their own limited sphere than the gifted. - Author: Thomas Hartwell Horne

#2. The follies, vices, and consequent miseries of multitudes, displayed in a newspaper, are so many admonitions and warnings, so many beacons, continually burning, to turn others from the rocks on which they have been shipwrecked. - Author: Thomas Hartwell Horne

#3. To reject wisdom because the person communicates it is uncouth and his manners are inelegant, what is it but to throw away a pine-apple, and assign for a reason the roughness of its coat? - Author: Thomas Hartwell Horne

#4. No cloud can overshadow a true Christian but his faith will discern a rainbow in it. - Author: Thomas Hartwell Horne

#5. He who seldom thinks of heaven is not likely to get thither; as the only way to hit the mark is to keep the eye fixed upon it. - Author: Thomas Hartwell Horne

#6. The external part of religion is doubtless of little value in comparison with the internal, and so is the cask in comparison with the wine contained in it: but if the cask be staved in, the wine must perish. - Author: Thomas Hartwell Horne

#7. When men cease to be faithful to their God, he who expects to find them so to each other will be much disappointed. - Author: Thomas Hartwell Horne