Peace can only be secured by justice; never by force of arms.

No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.

Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit.

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.

Children, Fear God; that is to say, have an holy awe upon your minds to avoid that which is evil, and a strict care to embrace and do that which is good.

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.

To be furious in religion is to be irreligiously religious.