There is never any peace for those who resist God.
Mankind, by the perverse depravity of their nature, esteem that which they have most desired as of no value the moment it is possessed, and torment themselves with fruitless wishes for that which is beyond their reach.
Make this simple rule the guide of your life: to have no will but God's.
You really don't even own the present moment, for even this belongs to God.
Nothing is so costly as the pursuit of a cure for imaginary ills.
Real friends are our greatest joy and our greatest sorrow. It were almost to be wished that all true and faithful friends should expire on the same day.