“Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.”

We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.

A good man’s life is all of a piece.

When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.

None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.

A wise man will not communicate his differing thoughts to unprepared minds, or in a disorderly manner.

Where Religion does take place and is effectual, it makes this world, in measure and degree, representative of Heaven.

Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.

It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.

The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.

Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.

He that does not repent, sins again.

It is hypocrisy for man to make any other use of his religion, or the credit of it, than to sanctify and save his soul.

He that is conceited of his Wisdom, is readier to impose Error, than to receive Truth.

God imposeth no Law of Righteousness upon us which He doth not observe Himself.

It is impossible for a man to be made happy by putting him in a happy place, unless he be first in a happy state.

The human soul is to God, is as the flower to the sun; it opens at its approach, and shuts when it withdraws.