There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.
Truths are first clouds; then rain, then harvest and food.
The mere wit is only a human bauble. He is to life what bells are to horses-not expected to draw the load, but only to jingle while the horses draw.
To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.
Heaven is a place of restless activity, the abode of never-tiring thought.
Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith. We should live for the future, and yet should find our life in the fidelities of the present; the last is only the method of the first.