To love God, which was a thing far excelling all the cunning that is possible for us in this life to obtain.

Friendship demands attention.

What part soever you take upon you, play that as well as you can and make the best of it.

Every tribulation which ever comes our way either is sent to be medicinal, if we will take it as such, or may become medicinal, if we will make it such, or is better than medicinal, unless we forsake it.

No living creature is naturally greedy, except from fear of want - or in the case of human beings, from vanity, the notion that you're better than people if you can display more superfluous property than they can.

Oh! blame not the bard.

The times are never so bad but that a good man can make shift to live in them.