There are those to whom a sense of religion has come in storm and tempest; there are those whom it has summoned amid scenes of revelry and idle vanity; there are those, too, who have heard its "still small voice" amid rural leisure and placid retirement. But perhaps the knowledge which causeth not to err is most frequently impressed upon the mind during the season of affliction.

A mother's pride, a father's joy.

A sound head, an honest heart, and an humble spirit are the three best guides through time and to eternity.

The paths of virtue, though seldom those of worldly greatness, are always those of pleasantness and peace.

A glass of good wine is a gracious creature, and reconciles poor mortality to itself and that is what few things can do.

There is a vulgar incredulity, which in historical matters, as well as in those of religion, finds it easier to doubt than to examine.

He that climbs a ladder must begin at the first round.