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

I would have no desire other than to accomplish thy will. Teach me to pray; pray thyself in me.

True piety hath in it nothing weak, nothing sad, nothing constrained. It enlarges the heart; it is simple, free, and attractive.

Before putting yourself in peril, it is necessary to foresee and fear it; but when one is there, nothing remains but to despise it.

Time is given us that we may take care for eternity; and eternity will not be too long to regret the loss of our time if we have misspent it.

Even if no command to pray had existed, our very weakness would have suggested it.

We must avoid fastidiousness; neatness, when it is moderate, is a virtue; but when it is carried to an extreme, it narrows the mind.