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

Moderation is the key to lasting enjoyment.

It is my humble prayer that I may be of some use in my day and generation.

Honest and courageous people have very little to say about either their courage or their honesty. The sun has no need to boast of his brightness, nor the moon of her effulgence.

A true religious instinct never deprived man of one single joy; mournful faces and a sombre aspect are the conventional affectations of the weak-minded.

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

Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It is no friend to virtue, and always an enemy to happiness.