There is one way whereby we may secure our riches, and make sure friends to ourselves of them,--by laying them out in charity.

Many man's scruples lie almost wholly about obedience to authority and compliance with indifferent customs, but very seldom about the dangers of disobedience and unpeaceableness and rending in pieces the Church of Christ by needless separations and endless divisions.

Piety and virtue are not only delightful for the present, but they leave peace and contentment behind them.

The gospel chargeth us with piety towards God, and justice and charity to men, and temperance and chastity in reference to ourselves.

There is one way whereby we may secure our riches, and make sure friends to ourselves of them,--by laying them out in charity.

There is no readier way for a man to bring his own worth into question than by endeavoring to detract from the worth of other men.

He who is sincere hath the easiest task in the world, for, truth being always consistent with itself, he is put to no trouble about his words and actions; it is like traveling in a plain road, which is sure to bring you to your journey's end better than byways in which many lose themselves.