There is scarcely any fault in another which offends us more than vanity, though perhaps there is none that really injures us so little.

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

nothing is more common than to mistake the sign for the thing itself; nor is any practice more frequent than that of endeavoring to acquire the exterior mark, without once thinking to labor after the interior grace.

Prayer is not eloquence but earnestness.

O jealousy, Thou ugliest fiend of hell! thy deadly venom Preys on my vitals, turns the healthful hue Of my flesh check to haggard sallowness, And drinks my spirit up!

Idleness among children, as among men, is the root of all evil, and leads to no other evil more certain than ill temper.

Life though a short, is a working day. Activity may lead to evil; but inactivity cannot be led to good.