The smallest act of charity shall stand us in great stead..

The temptations of prosperity insinuate themselves after a gentle, but very powerful manner; so that we are but little aware of them and less able to….

A very prosperous people, flushed with great victories and successes, are seldom so pious, so humble, so just, or so provident as to perpetuate their….

A good man not only forbears those gratifications which are forbidden by reason and religion, but even restrains himself in unforbidden instances..

A just and wise magistrate is a blessing as extensive as the community to which he belongs; a blessing which includes all other blessings whatsoever ….

He who performs his duty in a station of great power must needs incur the utter enmity of many, and the high displeasure of more..

Those good men who take such pleasure in relieving the miserable for Christ's sake, would not have been less forward to minister onto Christ Himself..

Modesty teaches us to speak of the ancients with respect, especially when we are not very familiar with their works. Newton, who knew them practicall….

The things of another world being distant, operate but faintly upon us: to remedy this inconvenience, we must frequently revolve their certainty and ….

There is a variety in tempers of good men..

It is impossible to have a lively hope in another life, and yet be deeply immersed in the enjoyments of this..

They who are not induced to believe and live as they ought by those discoveries which God hath made in Scriptures would stand out against any evidenc….

A good character when established should not be rested in as an end, but only employed as a means of doing still further good..

From mere success nothing can be concluded in favor of any nation upon whom it is bestowed..

Even the wisdom of God hath not suggested more pressing motives, more powerful incentives to charity, than these, that we shall be judged by it at th….

Should we grieve over a little misplaced charity, when an all knowing, all wise Being showers down every day his benefits on the unthankful and undes….

The greater absurdities are, the more strongly they evince the falsity of that supposition from whence they flow..

If God be infinitely holy, just, and good, He must take delight in those creatures that resemble Him most in these perfections..

What we employ in charitable uses during our lives is given away from ourselves; what we bequeath at our death is given from others only, as our near….

Hospitality sometimes degenerates into profuseness, and ends in madness and folly..

It's attention to detail that makes the difference between average and stunning..