Life though a short, is a working day. Activity may lead to evil; but inactivity cannot be led to good.

It is a part of Christianity to convert every natural talent to a religious use.

If we commit any crime, or do any good here, it must be in thought; for our words are few and our deeds none at all.

Resentment is an evil so costly to our peace that we should find it more cheap to forgive even were it no more right.

It is a sober truth that people who live only to amuse themselves work harder at the task than most people do in earning their daily bread.

Affliction is a sort of moral gymnasium in which the disciples of Christ are trained to robust exercise, hardy exertion, and severe conflict.

parents are too apt to mistake inclination for genius.