Every relation to mankind, of hate or scorn or neglect, is full of vexation and torment.

Truth is the root of all the charities.

Our hearts must not only be broken with sorrow, but be broken from sin, to constitute repentance.

The dead carry our thoughts to another and nobler existence. They teach us, and especially by all the strange and seemingly untoward circumstances of their departure from this life, that they and we shall live in a future state forever.

Men cannot labor on always. They must have intervals of relaxation. They cannot sleep through these intervals. What are they to do? Why, if they do not work or sleep, they must have recreation. And if they have not recreation from healthful sources, they will be very likely to take it from the poisoned fountains of intemperance. Or, if they have pleasures, which, though innocent, are forbidden by the maxims of public morality, their very pleasures are liable to become poisoned fountains.

Politeness is practical Christianity.

Argument does not soften, but rather hardens, the obdurate heart.