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.

The more perfect we are, the more gentle and quiet we become toward the defects of other people.

A general rule for the good use of time is to accustom oneself to live in a continual dependence on the Spirit of God.

That love of self, which the world advocates, is a thousand times more dangerous than any poison.

Good taste rejects excessive nicety.

The blood of a nation ought never to be shed except for its own preservation in the utmost extremity.

Prayer is so necessary, and the source of so many blessings, that he who has discovered the treasure cannot be prevented from having recourse to it, whenever he has an opportunity.