Do not hover always on the surface of things, nor take up suddenly with mere appearances; but penetrate into the depth of matters, as far as your time and circumstances allow, especially in those things which relate to your profession.

The child taught to believe any occurrence a good or evil omen, or any day of the week lucky, hath a wide inroad made upon the soundness of his understanding.

There is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign; Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain.

What's amiss I'll strive to mend,And endure what can't be mended.

The passions are the gales of life; and it is religion only that can prevent them from rising into a tempest.

To be angry about trifles is mean and childish; to rage and be furious is brutish; and to maintain perpetual wrath is akin to the practice and temper of devils; but to prevent and suppress rising resentment is wise and glorious, is manly and divine.

Love is amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all.