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.

In the eye of that Supreme Being to whom our whole internal frame is uncovered, dispositions hold the place of actions.

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

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

Gentleness corrects whatever is offensive in our manner.

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

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.