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.

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.

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

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?

Luther deters me from solitariness; but he does not mean from a sober solitude that rallies our scattered strengths and prepares us against any new encounter from without.

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