The Parish makes the constable, and when the constable is made, he governs the Parish.

Commonly we say a judgment falls upon a man for something in him we cannot abide.

The happiness of married life depends upon making small sacrifices with readiness and cheerfulness.

Humility is a virtue all preach, none practice; and yet everybody is content to hear.

Preachers say, "Do as I say, not as I do." But if a physician had the same disease upon him that I have, and he should bid me do one thing and he do quite another, could I believe him?

Preaching, in the first sense of the word, ceased as soon as ever the gospel was written.

First, in your sermons, use your logic, and then your rhetoric; Rhetoric without logic, is like a tree with leaves and blossoms, but no root; yet more are taken with rhetoric than logic, because they are caught with fine expressions when they understand not reason.