To murder character is as truly a crime as to murder the body: the tongue of the slanderer is brother to the dagger of the assassin.

True humility is not an abject, groveling, self-despising spirit; it is but a right estimate of ourselves as God sees us..

Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so..

One of the great lessons the fall of the leaf teaches, is this: do your work well and then be ready to depart when God shall call..

Prejudices are rarely overcome by argument; not being founded in reason they cannot be destroyed by logic..

Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past..

Anxiety is the rust of life, destroying its brightness and weakening its power. A childlike and abiding trust in Providence is its best preventive an….

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….

Have a time and place for everything, and do everything in its time and place, and you will not only accomplish more, but have far more leisure than ….

He that never changes his opinions, never corrects his mistakes, will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today..

Deviation from either truth or duty is a downward path..

Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both..

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 throu….

A holy life is not an ascetic, or gloomy or solitary life, but a life regulated by divine truth and faithful in Christian duty. It is living above th….

The first step to improvement, whether mental, moral, or religious, is to know ourselves - our weaknesses, errors, deficiencies, and sins, that, by d….

Sinful and forbidden pleasures are like poisoned bread; they may satisfy appetite for the moment, but there is death in them at the end..

We weep over the graves of infants and the little ones taken from us by death; but an early grave may be the shortest way to heaven..

If you would thoroughly know anything, teach it to others..

Thoughts lead on to purpose, purpose leads on to actions, actions form habits, habits decide character, and character fixes our destiny..

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 ou….

Some of the best lessons we ever learn we learn from our mistakes and failures. — The error of the past is the wisdom and success of the future..