Hunting is a relic of the barbarism that once thirsted for human blood, but is now content with the blood of animals.

It is our relation to circumstances that determines their influence upon us.

Judicious praise is to children what the sun is to flowers.

All men are alike in their lower natures; it is in their higher characters that they differ.

Rejecting the miracles of Christ, we still have the miracle of Christ Himself.

As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue.

Tranquil pleasures last the longest; we are not fitted to bear the burden of great joys.