Death is only a horizon, and a horizon is only the limit of your sight. Open your eyes to see more clearly.

A good End cannot sanctify evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it.

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.

That which the people called Quakers lay down as a main fundamental in religion is this- That God, through Christ, hath placed a principle in every man, to inform him of his duty, and to enable him to do it; and that those that live up to this principle are the people of God, and those that live in disobedience to it, are not God's people, whatever name they may bear, or profession they may make of religion. This is their ancient, first, and standing testimony: with this they began, and this they bore, and do bear to the world.

It is wise not to seek a secret, and honest not to reveal one.

We are too apt to love praise, but not to deserve it.

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