Even the best things ill used become evils; and, contrarily, the worst things used well prove good.

Seldom was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment.

Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.

Our body is a well-set clock, which keeps good time, but if it be too much or indiscreetly tampered with, the alarm runs out before the hour.

A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was.

What I have done is worthy of nothing but silence and forgetfulness, but what God has done for me is worthy of everlasting and thankful memory.

Death did not first strike Adam, the first sinful man, nor Cain, the first hypocrite, but Abel, the innocent and righteous. The first soul that met with death, overcame death; the first soul that parted from earth went to heaven. Death argues not displeasure, because he whom God loved best dies first, and the murderer is punished with living.