Death comes to us, under many conditions, with all the welcome serenity of sleep.

Remember, when incited to slander, that it is only he among you who is without sin that may cast the first stone.

Man, being not only a religious, but also a social being, requires for the promotion of his rational happiness religious institutions, which, while they give a proper direction to devotion, at the same time make a wise and profitable improvement of his social feelings.

How white are the fair robes of Charity as she walketh amid the lowly habitations of the poor!

Rage is mental imbecility.

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

Folly is like the growth of weeds, always luxurious and spontaneous; wisdom, like flowers, requires cultivation.