Worry not about the possible troubles of the future; for if they come, you are but anticipating and adding to their weight; and if they do not come, your worry is useless; and in either case it is weak and in vain, and a distrust of God's providence.

True gentleness is founded on a sense of what we owe to him who made us and to the common nature which we all share. It arises from reflection on our own failings and wants, and from just views of the condition and duty of man. It is native feeling heightened and improved by principle.

What ever purifies the heart also fortifies it.

Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Fretfulness of temper will generally characterize those who are negligent of order.

Taste consists in the power of judging; genius in the power of executing.

Nothing, except what flows from the heart, can render even external manners truly pleasing.