Sleep is a most useful and mos...

Sleep is a most useful and most salutary operation of nature. Scarcely any minor annoyance angers me more than the being suddenly awakened out of a pleasant slumber. I understand that in Italy they torture poor people by depriving them of sleep. `Tis a torture that cannot long be endured.

The more a person loves, the c...

The more a person loves, the closer he approaches the image of God.

If you want to interpret well ...

If you want to interpret well and confidently, set Christ before you, for He is the man to whom it all applies, every bit of it.

When God's righteousness is me...

When God's righteousness is mentioned in the gospel, it is God's action of declaring righteous the unrighteous sinner who has faith in Jesus Christ. The righteousness by which a person is justified (declared righteous) is not his own but that of another, Christ.

If God had not permitted the p...

If God had not permitted the people of Jerusalem to be torn asunder and driven them from the land, but had let them keep it after before, no one could convince them that they are not God`s chosen people.

I've got so much work to do to...

I've got so much work to do today, I'd better spend two hours in prayer instead of one.

The defects of a preacher are ...

The defects of a preacher are soon spied.

Great God, what do I see and h...

Great God, what do I see and hear!
The end of things created!
The judge of mankind doth appear
On clouds of glory seated!
The trumpet sounds; the graves restore,
The dead which they contained before;
Prepare, my soul, to meet Him!

Now just behold these miserabl...

Now just behold these miserable, blind, and senseless people.

God has set the type of marria...

God has set the type of marriage through creation. Each creature seeks its perfection in another.

The prosperity of a country de...

The prosperity of a country depends, not on the abundance of its revenues, nor on the strength of its fortifications, nor on the beauty of its public buildings; but it consists in the number of its cultivated citizens, in its men of education, enlightenment and character.

He who receives a sacrament do...

He who receives a sacrament does not perform a good work; he receives a benefit. In the mass we give Christ nothing; we only receive from Him.

I do not admit that my doctrin...

I do not admit that my doctrine can be judged by anyone.

Put thou thy trust in God;

Put thou thy trust in God;
In duty's path go on;
Fix on His word thy steadfast eye;
So shall thy work be done.

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God's love gives in such a way...

God's love gives in such a way that it flows from a Father's heart, the well-spring of all good. The heart of the giver makes the gift dear and precious; as among ourselves we say of even a trifling gift, 'It comes from a hand we love,' and look not so much at the gift as at the heart.

Riches, understanding, beauty,...

Riches, understanding, beauty, are fair gifts of God.

The hair is the finest ornamen...

The hair is the finest ornament women have. Of old, virgins used to wear it loose, except when they were in mourning.

Merit is a work for the sake o...

Merit is a work for the sake of which Christ gives rewards. But no such work is to be found, for Christ gives by promise. Just as if a prince should say to me, 'Come to me in my castle, and I will give you a hundred florins.' I do a work, certainly, in going to the castle, but the gift is not given me as the reward of my work in going, but because the prince promised it to me.

Earth has nothing more tender ...

Earth has nothing more tender than a woman's heart when it is the abode of piety.

Lord God, I thank Thee that Th...

Lord God, I thank Thee that Thou hast been pleased to make me a poor and indigent man upon earth. I have neither house nor land nor money, to leave behind me. Thou hast given me wife and children, whom I now restore to Thee. Lord, nourish, teach, and preserve them as Thou hast me.