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

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.

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

As the sun's rays will irradiate even the murky pool, and make its stagnant waters to shine like silver, so doth God's goodness and tender mercy, towards the greatest sinner, and the blackest heart, make his own image visible there!

It is my humble prayer that I may be of some use in my day and generation.

The experience of others adds to our knowledge, but not to our wisdom; that is dearer bought.

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