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.

The priesthood hath in all nations, and all religions, been held highly venerable.

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

It is little the sign of a wise or good man, to suffer temperance to be transgressed in order to purchase the repute of a generous entertainer.

If God be infinitely holy, just, and good, He must take delight in those creatures that resemble Him most in these perfections.

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.

Hospitality sometimes degenerates into profuseness, and ends in madness and folly.