...Learn to give thanks for everything.

He that does a base thing in zeal for his friend burns the golden thread that ties their hearts together.

I have seen the sun with a little ray of distant light challenge all the powers of darkness, and without violence and noise, climbing up the hill, hath made night so retire that its memory was lost in the joys and sprightliness of the morning.

Love is the greatest thing that God can give us; for Himself is love: and it is the greatest thing we can give to God; for it will also give ourselves, and carry with it all that is ours. The apostle calls it the band of perfection; it is the old, and it is the new, and it is the great commandment, and it is all the commandments; for it is the fulfilling of the Law.

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

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

The Holy Ghost is certainly the best preacher in the world, and the words of Scripture the best sermons.