There were some who said that a man at the point of death was more free than all others, because death breaks every bond, and over the dead the united world has no power.

God bears with imperfect beings even when they resist His goodness. We ought to imitate this merciful patience and endurance. It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are, the more gentle and quiet we become toward the defects of other people.

Of all the duties enjoined by Christianity none is more essential and yet more neglected than prayer.

Nothing is more despicable than a professional talker who uses his words as a quack uses his remedies

Discouragement is simply the despair of wounded self-love.

Sordid and infamous sensuality, the most dreadful evil that issued from the box of Pandora, corrupts every heart, and eradicates every virtue. Fly! wherefore dost thou linger? Fly, cast not one look behind thee; nor let even thy thought return to the accursed evil for a moment.

The most essential point is lowliness.