Nothing leads more directly to the breach of charity, and to the injury and molestation of our fellow-creatures, than the indulgence of an ill temper.

What ever purifies the heart also fortifies it.

Human ability is an unequal match for the violent and unforeseen vicissitudes of the world.

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

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

Exercise is the chief source of improvement in our faculties.

Nothing leads more directly to the breach of charity, and to the injury and molestation of our fellow-creatures, than the indulgence of an ill temper.