Euphonic and harmonious expressions, forcible and just expressions, profound and comprehensive expressions, and especially apt and witty expressions, each have their specific influence upon different minds, and their common influence upon all minds.... It is therefore high time our most valuable aphorisms and paragraphs were put in order for frequent perusal, and for handy reference, as the circumstances of life call up subjects.

Self-approbation, when founded in truth and a good conscience, is a source of some of the purest joys known to man.

True greatness consists in being great in little things.

Wealth is a dangerous inheritance, unless the inheritor is trained to active benevolence.

If you would reform the world from its errors and vices, begin by enlisting the mothers.

Dare not usurp thy maker's place by giving way to wrath - wrath that goes forth in vengeance; "vengeance is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord."

When the heart is won, the understanding is easily convinced.