Oh! How Seldom The Soul Is Silent,

The Gifts Of God Are Not To Be Rejected On Account Of The Channel That Brings Them.

God Has Not Chosen To Save Us Without Crosses; As He Has Not Seen Fit To Create Men At Once In The Full Vigor Of Manhood, But Has Suffered Them To Grow Up By Degrees Amid All The Perils And Weaknesses Of Youth.

The Passion Of Acquiring Riches In Order To Support A Vain Expense Corrupts The Purest Souls.

Time Spent In Prayer Is Never Wasted.

All Wars Are Civil Ones; For It Is Still Man Spilling His Own Blood, Tearing Out His Own Bowels.