To talk of luck and chance only shows how little we really know of the laws which govern cause and effect.

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

No outward change need trouble him who is inwardly serene.

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.

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.

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.

Lay silently the injuries you receive upon the altar of oblivion.