Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.

'Tis no sin to be tempted, but to be overcome.

Next to God, thy parents.

I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.

Though our Savior's passion is over, his compassion is not.

Men not living to what they know, cannot blame God, that they know no more.

It is admirable to consider how many millions of people come into, and go out of the world, ignorant of themselves and of the world they have lived in.