“Never be so brief as to become obscure.”
“Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.”
“Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them.”
“Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood.”
“People never improve unless they look to some standard or example higher and better than themselves.”
“Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so.”
“We should be as careful of the books we read, as of the company we keep. The dead very often have more power than the living.”
“Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another -- too often ending in the loss of both.”
“Sinful and forbidden pleasures are like poisoned bread; they may satisfy appetite for the moment, but there is death in them at the end.”
“Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny.”
“Some men are born old, and some never seem so. If we keep well and cheerful we are always young, and at last die in youth, even when years would count us old.”
“Any act often repeated soon forms a habit; and habit allowed, steady gains in strength, At first it may be but as a spider's web, easily broken through, but if not resisted it soon binds us with chains of steel.”
“Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of faith, for it assumes the permanence and uniformity of natural laws -- a thing which can never be demonstrated.”
“To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is better.”
“What we gave, we have; What we spent, we had; What we left, we lost.”
“High aims form high characters, and great objects bring out great minds.”
“Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence.”
“Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past.”
“To waken interest and kindle enthusiasm is the sure way to teach easily and successfully.”
“He that never changes his opinion never corrects mistakes and will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.”
“To rejoice in another's prosperity is to give content to your lot; to mitigate another's grief is to alleviate or dispel your own.”
“Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial; but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may soon lead to full establishment of the truth.”
“Most of our censure of others is only oblique praise of self, uttered to show the wisdom and superiority of the speaker. It has all the invidiousness of self-praise, and all the ill-desert of falsehood.”
“Happiness is like manna; it is to be gathered in grains, and enjoyed every day. It will not keep; it cannot be accumulated; nor have we got to go out of ourselves or into remote places to gather it, since it has rained down from a Heaven, at our very door”
“Anxiety is the poison of human life; the parent of many sins and of more miseries. In a world where everything is doubtful, and where we may be disappointed, and be blessed in disappointment, why this restless stir and commotion of mind? Can it alter the cause, or unravel the mystery of human events?”