Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without a passion, without business, without entertainment, without care.
We implore the mercy of God, not that He may leave us at peace in our vices, but that He may deliver us from them.
Eloquence is the painting of thought.
True eloquence makes light of eloquence. True morality makes light of morality.
Admiration spoils all from infancy.
It is the conduct of God, who disposes all things kindly, to put religion into the mind by reason, and into the heart by grace.