Hatred is self-punishment..

It is a glorious occupation, vivifying and self-sustaining in its nature, to struggle with ignorance, and discover to the inquiring minds of the mass….

Too many people embrace religion from the same motives that they take a companion in wedlock, not from true love of the person, but because of a larg….

Error is always more busy than truth..

Man, being not only a religious, but also a social being, requires for the promotion of his rational happiness religious institutions, which, while t….

Embark on no enterprise which you cannot submit to the test of prayer..

There is no such thing as "best" in the world of individuals..

There is nothing that needs to be said in an unkind manner..

All our possessions are as nothing compared to health, strength, and a clear conscience..

A careless and blasphemous use of the name of the Divine Being is not only sinful, but it is also prima facie evidence of vulgar associations..

Ministers who threaten death and destruction employ weapons of weakness. Argument and kindness are alone effectual, flavored by the principles of Div….

If we agree in love, there is no disagreement that can do us any injury, but if we do not, no other agreement can do us any good. Let us endeavor ….

Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit..

Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams..

Rage is mental imbecility..

It is easy to be beautiful; it is difficult to appear so..

A good smile is the sunshine of wisdom..

We must not only read the Scriptures, but we must make their rules of life our own..

Hypocrisy is oftenest clothed in the garb of religion..

Most people who commit a sin count on some personal benefit to be derived therefrom, but profanity has not even this excuse..

O sin, how you paint your face! how you flatter us poor mortals on to death! You never appear to the sinner in your true character; you make fair pro….