Prosperity Often Presages Adversity.

Prosperity Is Very Liable To Bring Pride Among The Other Goods With Which It Endows An Individual; It Is Then That Prosperity Costs Too Dear.

Idleness Is Emptiness; The Tree In Which The Sap Is Stagnant, Remains Fruitless.

Unless We Find Repose Within Ourselves, It Is Vain To Seek It Elsewhere.

You Cannot Judge By Outward Appearances; The Soul Is Only Transparent To Its Maker.

Ministers Who Threaten Death And Destruction Employ Weapons Of Weakness. Argument And Kindness Are Alone Effectual, Flavored By The Principles Of Divine Love.