Both mind and heart when given up to reveries and dreaminess, have a thousand avenues open for the entrance of evil.

It is a great evil, as well as a misfortune, to be unable to utter a prompt and decided 'no'.

No man has a right to do as he pleases, except when he pleases to do right.

Industry keeps the body healthy, the mind clear, the heart whole, and the purse full.

Life is made up of little things. It is very rarely that an occasion is offered for doing a great deal at once. True greatness consists in being great in little things.

Most of the wisdom of one age, is the folly of the next.

A quick and sound judgment, good common sense, kind feeling, and an instinctive perception of character, in these are the elements of what is called tact, which has so much to do with acceptability and success in life.