I am never in a hurry, because I never undertake more work than I can go through with perfect calmness of spirit.

The greater the share the people have in government, the less liberty, civil or religious, does a nation enjoy.

They (the creatures) encourage us to imitate Him whose mercy is over all His works. It may enlarge our hearts toward these poor creatures to reflect that not one of them is forgotten in the sight of our Father which is in heaven.

As to matters of dress, I would recommend one never to be first in the fashion nor the last out of it.

We should constantly use the most common, little, easy words which our language affords.

We should be rigorous in judging ourselves and gracious in judging others.

If we suffer persecution and affliction in a right manner, we attain a larger measure of conformity to Christ, by a due improvement of one of these occasions, than we could have done merely by imitating his mercy, in abundance of good works.