A religion without mystery must be a religion without God.

Whoever is a hypocrite in his religion mocks God, presenting to Him the outside and reserving the inward for his enemy.

Impatience turns an ague into a fever, a fever to the plague, fear into despair, anger into rage, loss into madness, and sorrow to amazement.

Faith is the root of all blessings. Believe, and you shall be saved; believe, and you must needs be satisfied; believe, and you cannot but be comforted and happy

Faith gives new light to the soul, but it does not put our eyes out; and what God hathgivenusinournature could never be intended as a snare to Religion, or engage us to believe a lie.

A wise man shall overrule his stars, and have a greater influence upon his own content than all the constellations and planets of the firmament.

Temperance is reason's girdle and passion's bridle, the strength of the soul and the foundation of virtue.