Each year one vicious habit discarded, in time might make the worst of us good.

A father's a treasure; a brother's a comfort; a friend is both.

I hope...that mankind will at length, as they call themselves reasonable creatures, have reason and sense enough to settle their differences without cutting throats; for in my opinion there never was a good war, or a bad peace.

I cannot conceive otherwise than that He, the Infinite Father, expects or requires no worship or praise from us, but that He is even infinitely above it.

Let the child's first lesson be obedience, and the second will be what thou wilt.

Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.

Little boats should keep near shore