There is no doubt that religious fanatics have done more to prejudice the cause they affect to advocate than have its opponents.

Of all the ingenious mistakes into which erring man has fallen, perhaps none have been so pernicious in their consequences, or have brought so many evils into the world, as the popular opinion that the way of the transgressor is pleasant and easy.

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

True charity is spontaneous and finds its own occasion; it is never the offspring of importunity, nor of emulation.

Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.

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.

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