People who have no secrets from each other never want for a subject of conversation. They do not weigh their words, for there is nothing to be held back, neither do they seek for something to say. They talk out of the abundance of their heart, without consideration they say just what they think. Blessed are they who attain to such familiar, unreserved intercourse with God.

The most essential point is lowliness.

Do not make best friends with a melancholy sad soul. They always are heavily loaded, and you must bear half.

Speak, move, act in peace, as if you were in prayer. In truth, this is prayer.

Genuine good taste consists in saying much in few words, in choosing among our thoughts, in having order and arrangement in what we say, and in speaking with composure.

I would have every minister of the gospel address his audience with the zeal of a friend, with the generous energy of a father, and with the exuberant affection of a mother.

When kings interfere in matters of religion, they enslave instead of protecting it.