He that upon a true principle lives, without any disquiet of thought, may be said to be happy.

Riches are gotten with pain, kept with care, and lost with grief. The cares of riches lie heavier upon a good man than the inconveniences of an honest poverty.

What signifies the sound of words in prayer without the affection of the heart, and a sedulous application of the proper means that may naturally lead us to such an end?

There is no opposing brutal force to the stratagems of human reason.

Some natures are so sour and ungrateful that they are never to be obliged.

If we should cease to be generous and charitable because another is sordid and ungrateful, it would be much in the power of vice to extinguish Christian virtues.

Resolve to see the world on the sunny side and you have almost won the battle at the outset.