Men are apt to prefer a prosperous error to an afflicted truth.

No man is poor who does not think himself so. But if in a full fortune with impatience he desires more, he proclaims his wants and his beggarly condition.

To preserve a man alive in the midst of so many chances and hostilities, is as great a miracle as to create him.

Teach us to pray often, that we may pray oftener.

Marriage is the mother of the world. It preserves kingdoms, and fills cities and churches, and heaven itself.

The devil does not tempt people whom he finds suitably employed.

So long as idleness is quite shut out from our lives, all the sins of wantonness, softness, and effeminacy are prevented; and there is but little room for temptation.