It is when God appears to have abandoned us that we must abandon ourselves most wholly to God.

Despondency is not a state of humility; on the contrary, it is the vexation and despair of a cowardly pride--nothing is worse; whether we stumble or whether we fall, we must only think of rising again and going on in our course.

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.

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.

Pity enlarges the heart.

We can often do more for other men by trying to correct our own faults than by trying to correct theirs.

Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind.