God is the explanation of all things.

It is a most fearful fact to think of, that in every heart there is some secret spring that would be weak at the touch of temptation, and that is liable to be assailed. Fearful, and yet salutary to think of; for the thought may serve to keep our moral nature braced. It warns us that we can never stand at ease, or lie down in this field of life, without sentinels of watchfulness and campfires of prayer.

In the history of man it has been very generally the case that when evils have grown insufferable they have touched the point of cure.

For soon, very soon do men forget Their friends upon whom Death's seal is set.

The way to overcome evil is to love something that is good.

It is difficult to believe that a true gentleman will ever become a gamester, a libertine, or a sot.

There is no happiness in life, there is no misery like that growing out of the dispositions which consecrate or desecrate a home.