A wise Providence consoles our present afflictions by joys borrowed from the future.

Preaching is to much avail, but practice is far more effective. A godly life is the strongest argument you can offer the skeptic.

The law of heaven is love.

There is no such thing as "best" in the world of individuals.

That alone can be called true refinement which elevates the soul of man, purifying the manners by improving the intellect.

Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine.

Too many people embrace religion from the same motives that they take a companion in wedlock, not from true love of the person, but because of a large dowry.