Friendship is the allay of our sorrows, the ease of our passions, the discharge of our oppressions, the sanctuary to our calamities, the counselor of our doubts, the clarity of our minds.

The best theology is rather a divine life than a divine knowledge.

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

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.

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

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

All dreams reflect inborn creativity and ability to face and solve life's problems.