Hasty resolutions are of the nature of vows, and to be equally avoided.

False-dealing travels a short road, and surely detected.

It would be far better to be of no church than to be bitter of any.

Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom.

The tallest Trees are most in the Power of the Winds, and Ambitious Men of the Blasts of Fortune.

True godliness does not turn men out of the world, but enables them to live better in it and excites their endeavors to mend it.

The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.