Duty itself is supreme delight when love is the inducement and labor. By such a principle the ignorant are enlightened, the hard-hearted softened, the disobedient reformed, and the faithful encouraged.

Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.

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

Some clergymen make a motto, instead of a theme, of their texts.

Attempt to teach the young but little at a time; this will be easier to impart, easier to receive, and surer to be retained.

True repentance always involves reform.

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.