All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than in expectation. |
Do not make best friends with a melancholy sad soul. They always are heavily loaded, and you must bear half. |
Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind. |
Had we not faults of our own, we should take less pleasure in complaining of others. |
How rare it is to find a soul quiet enough to hear God speak. |
If the riches of the Indies, or the crowns of all the kingdom of Europe, were laid at my feet in exchange for my love of reading, I would spurn them all. |
If we were faultless we should not be so much annoyed by the defects of those with whom we associate. |
Little opportunities should be improved. |
Most people I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing in return and I do very well in the bargain. |
Nothing will make us so charitable and tender to the faults of others, as, by self-examination, thoroughly to know our own. |
The more you say, the less people remember. The fewer the words, the greater the profit. |