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

It is the duty of every one to strive to gain and deserve a good reputation.

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.

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.

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.

There is a variety in tempers of good men.

From mere success nothing can be concluded in favor of any nation upon whom it is bestowed.