Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

The highest order that was ever instituted on earth is the order of faith.

The continuance and frequent fits of anger produce in the soul a propensity to be angry; which oftentimes ends in choler, bitterness, and moronity, when the mid becomes ulcerated, peevish, and querulous, and is wounded by the least occurrence.

Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach the sky.

There are more quarrels smothered by just shutting your mouth, and holding it shut, than by all the wisdom in the world.

Self-denial does not belong to religion as characteristic of it; it belongs to human life; the lower nature must always be denied when you are trying to rise to a higher sphere.

You may say, "I wish to send this ball so as to kill the lion crouching yonder, ready to spring upon me. My wishes are all right, and I hope Providence will direct the ball." Providence won't. You must do it; and if you do not, you are a dead man.