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?

Men indulge those opinions and practices that favor their pretensions.

It is a way of calling a man a fool when no attention is given to what he says.

It is one of the vexatious mortifications of a studious man to have his thoughts disordered by a tedious visit.

Men are not to be judged by their looks, habits, and appearances; but by the character of their lives and conversations, and by their works.

A body may well lay too little as too much stress upon a dream; but the less he heed them the better.

To be longing for this thing to-day and for that thing to-morrow; to change likings for loathings, and to stand wishing and hankering at a venture--how is it possible for any man to be at rest in this fluctuant, wandering humor and opinion?