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

Were in prayer, as indeed you ought to be.

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

Never let us be discouraged with ourselves. It is not when we are conscious of our faults that we are the most wicked; on the contrary, we are less so. We see by a brighter light; and let us remember for our consolation, that we never perceive our sins till we begin to cure them.

To will everything that God wills, and to will it always, in all circumstances and without reservations: that is the kingdom of God which is entirely within.

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

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.