For as men in battle are continually in the way of shot, so we, in this world, are ever within the reach of Temptation.

Love is the hardest lesson in Christianity; but, for that reason, it should be most our care to learn it.

He who gives to the poor, lends to the Lord. But it may be said, not improperly, the Lord lends to us to give to the poor.

Love labor: for if thou dost not want it for food, thou mayest for physic. It is wholesome for thy body and good for thy mind.

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

Levity of behavior, always a weakness, is far more unbecoming in a woman than a man.

Inquiry is human; blind obedience brutal. Truth never loses by the one but often suffers by the other.