All wars are civil ones; for it is still man spilling his own blood, tearing out his own bowels.

Be content with doing calmly the little which depends upon yourself, and let all else be to you as if it were not.

All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than in expectation.

It is often our own imperfection which makes us reprove the imperfection of others; a sharp-sighted self-love of others

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

On this earth all is temptation. Crosses tempt us by irritating our pride, and prosperity by flattering it. Our life is a continual combat, but one in which Jesus Christ fights for us. We must pass on unmoved, while temptations rage around us, as the traveler, overtaken by a storm, simply wraps his cloak more closely about him, and pushes on more vigorously toward his destined home.

God is our true Friend, who always gives us the counsel and comfort we need. Our danger lies in resisting Him; so it is essential that we acquire the habit of hearkening to His voice, or keeping silence within, and listening so as to lose nothing of what He says to us.