To exult over the miseries of an unhappy creature is inhuman.

The spirit of true religion breathes gentleness and affability; it gives a native, unaffected ease to the behavior; it is social, kind, cheerful; far removed from the cloudy and illiberal disposition which clouds the brow, sharpens the temper, and dejects the spirit.

It is pride which fills the world with so much harshness and severity. We are rigorous to offenses as if we had never offended.

The great standard of literature as to purity and exactness of style is the Bible.

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

Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

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.