Think of the ills from which you are exempt, and it will aid you to bear patiently those which now you may suffer.

Every year of my life I grow more convinced that it is wisest and best to fix our attention on the beautiful and the good, and dwell as little as possible on the evil and the false.

Faith makes all evil good to us, and all good better; unbelief makes all good evil, and all evil worse.

The nurse of infidelity is sensuality.

An accession of wealth is a dangerous predicament for a man. At first he is stunned if the accession be sudden, and is very humble and very grateful. Then he begins to speak a little louder, people think him more sensible, and soon he thinks himself so.

The only instance of praying to saints, mentioned in the Bible, is that of the rich man in torment calling upon Abraham; and let it be remembered, that it was practised only by a lost soul and without success.

Method is the very hinge of business, and there is no method without punctuality.