Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers.
Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.
To be a man's own fool is bad enough, but the vain man is everybody's.
Man, being made reasonable, and so a thinking creature, there is nothing more worthy of his being than the right direction and employment of his thoughts; since upon this depends both his usefulness to the public, and his own present and future benefit in all respects.
'Tis no sin to be tempted, but to be overcome.
Disappointments that aren't a result of our own foolishness are a testing of our faith or a correction from heaven, and it is our own fault if these disappointments don't work for our own good.