A plodding diligence brings us sooner to our journey's end than a fluttering way of advancing by starts.

Wickedness may prosper for awhile, but in the long run, he that sets all the knaves at work will pay them.

Some people are all quality; you would think they are made up of nothing but title and genealogy. The stamp of dignity defaces in them the very character of humanity and transports them to such a degree of haughtiness that they reckon it below themselves to exercise either good nature or good manners.

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

All duties are matters of conscience, with this restriction that a superior obligation suspends the force of an inferior one.

He that serves God for Money, will serve the Devil for better Wages.

It is not the place, nor the condition, but the mind alone what it compares its situation to that can make anyone happy or miserable. Compare it to something better - result envy, frustration and sadness. Compare it to something worse - relief, gratitude and happiness.