Virtue is the only true nobility

Let him who expects one class of society to prosper into highest degree, while the other is in distress, try whether one side of his face can smile while the other is pinched. Try whether

He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boaster of it, is a devil

Security is the mother of danger and the grandmother of destruction

An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with

There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved

All the molestations of marriage are abundantly recompensed with the other comforts which God bestoweth on them who make a wise choice of a wife

Pride had rather out of the way than go behind

Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak

Pride will spit in pride's face