That which is called liberality is frequently nothing more than the vanity of giving.
He prays best who, not asking God to do man's work, prays penitence, prays resolutions, and then prays deeds--thus supplicating with heart and head and hands.
Love is the piety of the affections.
What succeeds we keep, and it becomes the habit of mankind.
Remorse is the pain of sin.
Want and wealth equally harden the human heart, as frost and fire are both alien to the human flesh. Famine and gluttony alike drive away nature from the heart of man.