Laughing, if loud, ends with a deep sigh; and all pleasures have a sting in the tail, though they carry beauty in the face.

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.

since God has appointed one remedy for all the evils in the world and that is a contented spirit.

He that loves not his wife and children feeds a lioness at home, and broods a nest of sorrows.

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.

Many are idly busy; Domitian was busy, but then it was in catching flies.

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