A good character when established should not be rested in as an end, but only employed as a means of doing still further good.

What we employ in charitable uses during our lives is given away from ourselves; what we bequeath at our death is given from others only, as our nearest relations.

Should we grieve over a little misplaced charity, when an all knowing, all wise Being showers down every day his benefits on the unthankful and undeserving?

The temptations of prosperity insinuate themselves after a gentle, but very powerful manner; so that we are but little aware of them and less able to withstand them.

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

Few consider how much we are indebted to government, because few can represent how wretched mankind would be without it.

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