Small minds cannot grasp great subjects.

The Church of Christ has been founded by shedding its own blood, not that of others; by enduring outrage, not by inflicting it. Persecutions have made it grow; martyrdoms have crowned it.

Keep always busy so that the devil will find you always engaged.

Wine is the first weapon that devils use in attacking the young

A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.

If there is but little water in the stream, it is the fault, not of the channel, but of the source.

Avoid, as you would the plague, a clergyman who is also a man of business.