Envy may justly be called "the gall of bitterness and bond of iniquity;" it is the most acid fruit that grows on the stock of sin, a fluid so subtle that nothing but the fire of divine love can purge it from the soul.

There is one sure criterion of judgment as to religious faith in doctrinal matters; can you reduce it to practice? If not, have none of it.

Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.

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

Servility is disgusting to a truly noble character, and engenders only contempt.

Mystery and innocence are not akin.

Prosperity is very liable to bring pride among the other goods with which it endows an individual; it is then that prosperity costs too dear.