A good man not only forbears those gratifications which are forbidden by reason and religion, but even restrains himself in unforbidden instances.

He who performs his duty in a station of great power must needs incur the utter enmity of many, and the high displeasure of more.

They who are not induced to believe and live as they ought by those discoveries which God hath made in Scriptures would stand out against any evidence whatever, even that of a messenger sent express from the other world.

A sturdy, hardened sinner shall advance to the utmost pitch of impiety, with less reluctance than he took the first step while his conscience was yet vigilant and tender.

The smallest act of charity shall stand us in great stead.

Nothing can be reckoned good or bad to us in this life, any further than it indisposes us for the enjoyment of another.

A very prosperous people, flushed with great victories and successes, are seldom so pious, so humble, so just, or so provident as to perpetuate their happiness.