A mother should give her children a superabundance of enthusiasm; that after they have lost all they are sure to lose on mixing with the world, enough may still remain to prompt fated support them through great actions.

It is with flowers as with moral qualities; the bright are sometimes poisonous; but, I believe, never the sweet.

The intellect of the wise is like glass; it admits the light of heaven and reflects it.

The power of faith will often shine forth the most when the character is naturally weak.

Only when the voice of duty is silent, or when it has already spoken, may we allowably think of the consequences of a particular action.

A man prone to suspect evil is mostly looking in his neighbor for what he sees in himself.

A mother should give her children a superabundance of enthusiasm; that after they have lost all they are sure to lose on mixing with the world, enough may still remain to prompt fated support them through great actions.