Our infinite obligations to God do not fill our hearts half as much as a petty uneasiness of our own; nor His infinite perfections as much as our smallest wants.

Glory darts her soul-pervading ray on thrones and cottages, regardless still of all the artificial nice distinctions vain human customs make.

Those who want nothing are apt to forget how many there are who want every thing.

the uncandid censurer always picks out the worst man of a class, and then confidently produces him as being a fair specimen of it.

When you are disposed to be vain of your mental acquirements, look up to those who are more accomplished than yourself, that you may be fired with emulation; but when you feel dissatisfied with your circumstances, look down on those beneath you, that you may learn contentment.

Where bright imagination reigns, the fine-wrought spirit feels acuter pains.

Prayer is not eloquence but earnestness.