To those who know thee not, no words can paint! And those who know thee, know all words are faint!.

There is one single fact that one may oppose to all the wit and argument of infidelity; namely, that no man ever repented of being a Christian on his….

Temptation does not make the sin, it lies ready in the heart..

The sober comfort, all the peace which springs from the large aggregate of little things..

Wisdom views with an indifferent eye all finite joys, all blessings born to die..

If faith produce no works, I see That faith is not a living tree. Thus faith and works together grow, No separate life they never can know. They're s….

We do not so much want books for good people, as books which will make bad ones better..

Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs..

Small habits well pursued betimes May reach the dignity of crimes..

Life though a short, is a working day. Activity may lead to evil; but inactivity cannot be led to good..

Where evil may be done, it is right to ponder; where only suffered, know the shortest pause is much too long..

To hint at a fault does more mischief than speaking out; for whatever is left for the imagination to finish will not fail to be overdone..

My retirement was now become solitude; the former is, I believe, the best state for the mind of man, the latter almost the worst. In complete solitud….

Pride never sleeps. The principle at least is always awake. An intemperate man is sometimes sober, but a proud man is never humble..

The keen spirit Seizes the prompt occasion, makes the thought Start into instant action, and at once Plans and performs, resolves and executes!.