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

Conscience in most men, is but the anticipation of the opinions of others.

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.

The body of our prayer is the sum of our duty; and as we must ask of God whatsoever we need, so we must watch and labor for all that we ask.

My life is blessed; I have held my children's children.

Marriage is divine in its institution, sacred in its union, holy in the mystery, sacramental in its signification, honourable in its appellative, religious in its employments: it is advantage to the societies of men, and it is "holiness to the Lord.

Friendship is the strongest bond in the world.