He that is proud of riches is a fool. For if he is exalted above his neighbors because he has more gold, how much inferior is he to a gold mine.

Certain it is, that as nothing can better do it; so there is nothing greater, for which God made our tongues, next to reciting His praises, than to minister comfort to a weary soul.

When thou receivest praise, take it indifferently, and return it to God, the giver of the gift, or blesser of the action.

Friendship is the strongest bond in the world.

A great fear, when it is ill-managed, is the parent of superstition; but a discreet and well-guided fear produces religion.

No man can hinder our private addresses to God; every man can build a chapel in his breast, himself the priest, his heart the sacrifice, and the earth he treads on, the altar.

Teach us to pray often, that we may pray oftener.