All Earthly Delights Are Sweeter In Expectation

Wine Is The Source Of The Greatest Evils Among Communities. It Causes Diseases, Quarrels, Seditions, Idleness, Aversion To Labor, And Family Disorders. . . . It Is A Species Of Poison That Causes Madness. It Does Not Make A Man Die, But It Degrades Him Into A Brute. Men May Preserve Their Health And Vigor Without Wine; With Wine They Run The Risk Of Ruining Their Health And Losing Their Morals.

There Is No Real Elevation Of Mind In A Contempt Of Little Things; It Is, On The Contrary, From Too Narrow Views That We Consider Those Things Of Little Importance Which Have In Fact Such Extensive Consequences.

Time Is Given Us That We May Take Care For Eternity; And Eternity Will Not Be Too Long To Regret The Loss Of Our Time If We Have Misspent It.

God Never Makes Us Sensible Of Our Weakness Except To Give Us Of His Strength.

On This Earth All Is Temptation. Crosses Tempt Us By Irritating Our Pride, And Prosperity By Flattering It. Our Life Is A Continual Combat, But One In Which Jesus Christ Fights For Us. We Must Pass On Unmoved, While Temptations Rage Around Us, As The Traveler, Overtaken By A Storm, Simply Wraps His Cloak More Closely About Him, And Pushes On More Vigorously Toward His Destined Home.