Charity is the perfection and ornament of religion.

What an absurd thing it is to pass over all the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his infirmities.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.

All of heaven we have below.

A good disposition is more valuable than gold, for the latter is the gift of fortune, but the former is the dower of nature.

Men who cherish for women the highest respect are seldom popular with them.

Peaceable times are the best to live in, though not so proper to furnish materials for a writer.