No man more truly loves God than he that is most fearful to offend Him.

As God by creation made two of one, so again by marriage He made one of two.

Grace comes into the soul as the morning sun into the world: there is first a dawning, then a mean light, and at last the sun in his excellent brightness.

That which a man spits against heaven, shall fall back on his own face.

Prevention is so much better than healing because it saves the labor of being sick.

A man may be so bold of his predestination, that he forget his conversation.

He who reforms himself, has done much toward reforming others; and one reason why the world is not reformed, is, because each would have others make a beginning, and never thinks of himself doing it.

The hypocrite, certainly, is a secret atheist; for if he did believe there was a God, he durst not be so bold as to deceive Him to His face.

He who demands mercy and shows none ruins the bridge over which he himself is to pass.

He who is proud of his knowledge, has gout in the wrong end.

Satan like a fisher, baits his hook according to the appetite of the fish.

The most important questions in life can never be answered by anyone except oneself.

Just as all things speak about God to those that know Him, and reveal Him to those that love Him, they also hide Him from all those that neither seek nor know Him.

Refuse to be ill. Never tell people you are ill never own it to yourself. Illess is one of those things which a man should resist on principle at the onset.

For my convalescence, I had to exercise my voice only with vowels. It is a medical rule after a long loss of voice.

I stayed three weeks in Paris, fell in love with the city, and decided that I was born to live in Paris.

Great almes-giving lessens no mans living.

I don't worry about long-term history. I won't be around to read it.

Conservative pundits have a remarkable amount of free speech.

When you see what the deficit is, then you have to do something about it.