True godliness does not turn men out of the world, but enables them to live better in it and excites their endeavors to mend it.
Silence is Wisdom where Speaking is Folly.
He that lives in love lives in God.
He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end.
Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment the treasurer, of a wise man.
The best recreation is to do good.
If we would mend the World, we should mend Ourselves; and teach our Children to be, not what we are, but what they should be.
There can be no Friendship where there is no Freedom.
We need to stop arguing about Christ and start living like Christ.
There can be no friendship where there is no freedom. Friendship loves a free air, and will not be fenced up in straight and narrow enclosures.
O Lord, help me not to despise or oppose what I do not understand.
Death cannot kill what never dies.
Always remember to bound thy thoughts to the present occasion.
Did we believe a final Reckoning and Judgment; or did we think enough of what we do believe, we would allow more Love in Religion than we do; since Religion it self is nothing else but Love to God and Man. Love is indeed Heaven upon Earth; since Heaven above would not be Heaven without it: For where there is not Love; there is Fear: But perfect Love casts out Fear. Love is above all; and when it prevails in us all, we shall all be Lovely, and in Love with God and one with another.
[Tho]ugh death be a dark passage; it leads to immortality, and that is recompense enough for suffering of it. And yet faith lights us, even through the grave....And this is the comfort of the good, and the grave cannot hold them, and they live as they die. For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.
It were happy if we studied nature more in natural things; and acted according to nature, whose rules are few, plain, and most reasonable.
Anything less than full justice is cruelty.
Let men be good, and the Government cannot be bad.
Never give out while there is hope; but hope not beyond reason, for that shows more desire than judgement.
I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do ... let me do it now.
Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.
We are told truly that meekness and modesty are the rich and charming garments of the soul. The less showy our outward attire is, the more distinctly and brilliantly does the beauty of these inner garments shine.
Where thou art Obliged to speak, be sure speak the Truth: For Equivocation is half way to Lying, as Lying, the whole way to Hell.
It is wise not to seek a secret, and honest not to reveal one.
For we put the power in the people.
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