The reason that men are so slow to confess their vices is because they have not yet abandoned them.

Any law that takes hold of a mans daily life cannot prevail in a community, unless the vast majority of the community are actively in favor of it. The laws that are the most operative are the laws which protect life.

I beseech you to correct one fault - severe speech of others; never speak evil of any man, no matter what the facts may be.

The Bible is God's chart for you to steer by, to keep you from the bottom of the sea, and to show you where the harbor is, and how to reach it without running on rocks or bars.

It will not do to be saints at meeting and sinners everywhere else.

Riches are not an end of life, but an instrument of life.

Rich men are to bear the infirmities of the poor. Wise men are to bear the mistakes of the ignorant. Strong men are to bear with the feeble. Cultured people are to bear with the rude and vulgar. If a rough and coarse man meets an ecstatically fine man, the man that is highest up is to be the servant of the man that is lowest down.