Friendship is the strongest bond in the world.

Lust is a captivity of the reason and an enraging of the passions. It hinders business and distracts counsel. It sins against the body and weakens the soul.

God hath given to man a short time here upon earth, and yet upon this short time eternity depends.

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

To secure a contented spirit, measure your desires by your fortune, and not your fortune by your desires.

A religion without mystery must be a religion without God.

In self-examination, take no account of yourself by your thoughts and resolutions in the days of religion and solemnity; examine how it is with you in the days of ordinary conversation and in the circumstances of secular employment.