Though we may sometimes unintentionally bestow our beneficence on the unworthy, it does not take from the merit of the act. For charity doth not adopt the vices of its objects.

I am content; that is a blessing greater than riches; and he to whom that is given need ask no more.

There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman.

There are those who never reason on what they should do, but what they have done; as if Reason had her eyes behind, and could only see backwards.

Though we may sometimes unintentionally bestow our beneficence on the unworthy, it does not take from the merit of the act. For charity doth not adopt the vices of its objects.

Gravity is the best cloak for sin in all countries.

Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others.