He who gives to the poor, lends to the Lord. But it may be said, not improperly, the Lord lends to us to give to the poor.

If we would mend the World, we should mend Ourselves; and teach our Children to be, not what we are, but what they should be.

God sends us the poor to try us.... And he that refuses them a little out of the great deal that God has given lays up poverty in store for his own posterity.

To be innocent is to be not guilty; but to be virtuous is to overcome our evil inclinations.

For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.

For as men in battle are continually in the way of shot, so we, in this world, are ever within the reach of Temptation.

Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.