Every morning you put on your clothes to cover your nakedness and protect your body from inclement weather. Why don't you also clothe your soul with the garment of faith? Remember each morning the truths of your creed, and look at yourself in the mirror of your faith. Otherwise, your soul will soon be naked with the nakedness of oblivion.

Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being little. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation. Modest humility is beauty's crown.

When large numbers of people share their joy in common, the happiness of each is greater because each adds fuel to the other's flame.

The Devil invented gambling.

O that men would know themselves to be men; and that he that glorieth would glory in the Lord.

God is more truly imagined than expressed, and He exists more truly than He is imagined.

Your wisdom should be without pride.