Prosperity seems to be scarcely safe, unless it be mixed with a little adversity.
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.
Folly is like the growth of weeds, always luxurious and spontaneous; wisdom, like flowers, requires cultivation.
Purity in person and in morals is true godliness.
No outward change need trouble him who is inwardly serene.
A careless and blasphemous use of the name of the Divine Being is not only sinful, but it is also prima facie evidence of vulgar associations.