Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools.

We have no cause to be ashamed of the Gospel of Christ; but the Gospel of Christ may justly be ashamed of us.

Sincerity is like traveling on a plain, beaten road, which commonly brings a man sooner to his journey's end than by-ways, in which men often lose themselves.

Our belief or disbelief of a thing does not alter the nature of the thing.

Sincerity is to speak as we think, to do as we pretend and profess, to perform and make good what we promise, and really to be what we would seem and appear to be.

Ignorance and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind.

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