The weakest spot in every man is where he thinks himself to be the wisest.

Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters.

The more men have multiplied the forms of religion, so much the more has vital godliness declined.

You ask if we shall know our friends in heaven. - Do you suppose we are greater fools there than here?

Selfishness is the root and source of all natural and moral evils.

Style should be like window-glass, perfectly transparent, and with very little sash.

Any fact is better established by two or three good testimonies than by a thousand arguments.