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 recreation.

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

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

We may neglect the wrongs which we receive, but be careful to rectify those which we are the cause of to others.

Politeness is practical Christianity.

The less we parade our misfortunes the more sympathy we command.