Happy it were for us all if we bore prosperity as well and as wisely as we endure adverse fortune.

No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth.

Without religion the highest endowments of intellect can only render the possessor more dangerous if he be ill disposed; if well disposed, only more unhappy.

Three things a wise man will not trust, The wind, the sunshine of an April day, And woman's plighted faith.

The pulpit is a clergyman's parade; the parish is his field of active service.

Never let a man imagine that he can pursue a good end by evil means, without sinning against his own soul. The evil effect on himself is certain.

Few people give themselves time to be friends.