A guilty mind can be eased by nothing but repentance; by which what was ill done is revoked and morally voided and undone.

We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.

Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.

The judge is nothing but the law speaking.

Truth is not only a man's ornament but his instrument; it is the great man's glory, and the poor man's stock: a man's truth is his livelihood, his recommendation, his letters of credit.

None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.

Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.

The Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves.

When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.

The government of man should be the monarchy of reason: it is too often the democracy of passions or the anarchy of humors.

A benefactor is a representative of God.

Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.

Writing is a calling, not a choice.

External sources of positive energy and motivation will exhaust, unless we have our captive generation of positive energy.The only sustainable source of positive energy is our thoughts.

Doubt births negative confessions

The contents of someone's bookcase are part of his history, like an ancestral portrait.

The cleverest of all the devils is Opportunity.

Everything is a gift. The degree to which we are awake to this truth is a measure of our gratefullness, and gratefullness is a measure of our aliveness.

After a hard day, try to think of something good about it before you go to sleep - the result may surprise you.

I paint what cannot be photographed, something from the imagination... I photograph the things I don't want to paint, things that are already in existence.

What you have done to this point cannot be undone. What you do next... It is still unwritten.