To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy….

Mistakes and errors are the discipline through which we advance..

The home is the chief school of human virtues..

The spirit of liberty is not merely, as multitudes imagine, a jealousy of our own particular rights, but a respect for the rights of others, and an u….

No power in society, no hardship in your condition can depress you, keep you down, in knowledge, power, virtue, influence, but by your own consent..

Nothing which has entered into our experience is ever lost..

The fewer the voices on the side of truth, the more distinct and strong must be your own..

May your life preach more loudly than your lips..

God be thanked for books; they are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages..

It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity..

Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature is sinned against when it is doomed to ignorance..

Be true to your own highest convictions..

To give a generous hope to a man of his own nature, is to enrich him immeasurably..

I am a living member of the great family of all souls; and I cannot improve or suffer myself, without diffusing good or evil around me through an eve….

Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life.

It has often been observed, that those who have the most time at their disposal profit by it the least. A single hour a day, steadily given to the st….

Whatever you may suffer, speak the truth. Be worthy of the entire confidence of your associates. Consider what is right as to what must be done. It i….

Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no others are, and to do what no other can do..

God deliver us all from prejudice and unkindness, and fill us with the love of truth and virtue..

Love is the life of the soul. It is the harmony of the universe..

No one should part with their individuality and become that of another..