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

One principal reason why men are so often useless is that they neglect their own profession or calling, and divide and shift their attention among a multitude of objects and pursuits.

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

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

Steady, patient, persevering thinking will generally surmount every obstacle in search of truth.

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

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