He who has once taken to drink can seldom be said to be guilty of one sin only.

Nothing raises the price of a blessing like its removal; whereas it was its continuance which should have taught us its value. There are three requisitions to the proper enjoyment of earthly blessings,--a thankful reflection on the goodness of the Giver, a deep sense of our unworthiness, a recollection of the uncertainty of long possessing them. The first would make us grateful; the second, humble; and the third, moderate.

Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs.

Forgiveness is the economy of the heart... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.

Absence in love is like water upon fire; a little quickens, but much extinguishes it.

A slowness to applaud betrays a cold temper or an envious spirit.

When thou hast truly thanked the Lord for every blessing sent, But little time will then remain for murmur or lament.