Know that you are your greatest enemy, but also your greatest friend.

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

If anger proceeds from a great cause, it turns to fury; if from a small cause, it is peevishness; and so is always either terrible or ridiculous.

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.

Mistake not. Those pleasures are not pleasures that trouble the quiet and tranquillity of thy life.

The Lord's Prayer is short and mysterious, and, like the treasures of the Spirit, full of wisdom and latent senses: it is not improper to draw forth those excellencies which are intended and signified by every petition, that by so excellent an authority we may know what it is lawful to beg of God.