Patient waiting is often the highest way of doing God's will.

There are few things reason can discover with so much certainty and ease as its own insufficiency.

People that have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company.

Flattery is an ensnaring quality, and leaves a very dangerous impression. It swells a man's imagination, entertains his vanity, and drives him to a doting upon his own person.

Prudence is a necessary ingredient in all the virtues, without which they degenerate into folly and excess.

Everyone has a fair turn to be as great as he pleases.

Thoughts take up no room. When they are right, they afford a portable pleasure, which one may travel with, without any trouble or encumbrance.