Talkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty.
[William Jennings Bryan] thinks that to say something is to do something, which is an imperfect view of administration.
Saying is one thing and doing is another; we are to consider the sermon and the preacher distinctly and apart.
We do more talking progress than we do progressing.
If a ruler of men wants to put an end to vice, he must examine the correspondence between form and name and look to see how what is said differs from what is done.
One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons.
Speaking much also is a sign of vanity; for he that is lavish in words is a niggard in deeds.
..to write and to live are very different. Many who praise virtue, do no more than praise it.
An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.
