Grief alone can teach us what is man.

Vanity calculates but poorly on the vanity of others; what a virtue we should distil from frailty, what a world of pain we should save our brethren, if we would suffer our own weakness to be the measure of theirs.

Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes.

A friend who stands with you in pressure is more valuable than a hundred ones who stand with you in pleasure.

The magic of the tongue is the most dangerous of all spells.

As it has been finely expressed, "Principle is a passion for truth." And as an earlier and homelier writer hath it, "The truths we believe in are the pillars of our world.

When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching.