There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make men rejoice.

Let our chief goal, O God, be your glory, and to enjoy You forever.

Our true wisdom is to embrace with meek docility, and without reservation, whatever the holy scriptures have delivered.

If we believe heaven to be our country, it is better for us to transmit our wealth thither, than to retain it here, where we may lose it by a sudden removal.

All truth is God's truth.

All whom the Lord has chosen and received into the society of his saints ought to prepare themselves for a life that is hard, difficult, laborious and full of countless griefs.

The invention of the arts, and other things which serve the common use and convenience of life, is a gift of God by no means to be despised, and a faculty worthy of commendation.