Revenge is a much more punctual paymaster than gratitude

He who knows himself knows others.

We cannot think too highly of our nature, nor too humbly of ourselves. When we see the martyr to virtue, subject as he is to the infirmities of a man, yet suffering the tortures of a demon, and bearing them with the magnanimity of a God, do we not behold a heroism that angels may indeed surpass, but which they cannot imitate, and must admire.

Some persons will tell you, with an air of the miraculous, that they recovered although they were given over; whereas they might with more reason have said, they recovered because they were given over.

It is better to have wisdom without learning than learning without wisdom.

We should have all our communications with men, as in the presence of God; and with God, as in the presence of men.

There can be no Christianity where there is no charity