He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and will find the flaw when he may have forgotten its cause.

The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right.

No man knows what he will do till the right temptation comes.

A house built on sand is, in fair weather, just as good as if builded on a rock. A cobweb is as good as the mightiest chain cable when there is no strain on it. It is trial that proves one thing weak and another strong.

Truths are first clouds; then rain, then harvest and food.

All the sobriety which' religion needs or requires is that which real earnestness produces.

The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy.