“No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.”

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.

Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.

Believe things, rather than man.

He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.

An ill principle in the mind is worse than the matter of a disease in the body.

It is altogether as worthy of God and as much becoming Him to pardon and show mercy, in case of repentance and submission and reformation, as to punish, in case of impenitency and obstinacy.

I shall never write an autobiography, I’m much too jealous of my privacy for that.

Jealousy is not a barometer by which the depth of love can be read. It merely records the degree of the lover’s insecurity.

Since man is in the likeness of the angels, and they would be jealous of him, for this reason, He consulted them.

A negative judgment gives you more satisfaction than praise, provided it smacks of jealousy.

What makes the pain we feel from shame and jealousy so cutting is that vanity can give us no assistance in bearing them.

The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike.

Sure, I can get a little bit jealous. The good part about jealousy is that it comes from passion. It’s also the dangerous part and it’s an ugly emotion that hurts.

My wife’s jealousy is getting ridiculous. The other day she looked at my calendar and wanted to know who May was.