We ought never to sport with pain and distress in any of our amusements, or treat even the meanest insect with wanton cruelty.

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

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

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.

What ever purifies the heart also fortifies it.

Gentleness corrects whatever is offensive in our manner.

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